Star of the Week Scavenger Hunt
Look at this Week:
ELA:
Writer's Workshop: We will continue to build our writing stamina in our Writer's notebooks. We will also begin to discuss narrative writing.
Reading Skills: Students will begin their first unit in Reading: "What makes us who we are?" We read our first story, Flora & Ulysses. We will continue to practice asking questions as we read, and will discuss author's purpose.
Essential Question: How do your experiences help shape your identity?
Essential Vocab: identity, experience, pursuit, wisdom
Word Work: Students will continue to work with our new vocabulary words, by defining the word, drawing a picture of the word, finding synonyms and antonyms, and writing them in sentences. New vocabulary words include: cynic, defiance, profound, inadvertently, consumed, descended, obliged, mundane, considered, and disdain.
Science: We will be using Mystery Science videos and STEM activities to help students become more inquisitive and curious about the world around them. We will be planning for our new September challenge: creating a boat.
Social Studies: Students will continue to build our classroom community, and we will begin our unit on the studying the Midwest. We will be looking at maps of the United States, and labeling the states in the Midwest.
Math: Students will continue to work on using different multiplication strategies. Students will take a Unit 1, Module 1 quiz on Tuesday, reviewing these different strategies.
Important Days:
Thursday- 6:00-7:30 Curriculum Night
