We are starting our Goin’ Green Unit (Soil/Plants) this week. Our magnet status has really helped us on focusing on objectives we find essential for your child’s understanding of the world around them. The class will discuss what they already know about soil, composting, pollination, and plants. Then on Friday, we will be creating something very important for our school (I would tell you, but I hate to ruin the surprise)!!! Lots of pictures will be taken throughout this unit. An end of unit project assignment is in the making and the grading scale will be sent home within the next few weeks…so please be on the lookout! No one has turned in their $8.50 for the Soil Scientist field trip. This money isn’t due until the beginning of April, but if you can pay early, that would help us tremendously.
There is a Math test on Tuesday and a Reading test on Thursday. I grade the tests immediately, so your child should be able to tell you how they did!!! I’m expecting the best of grades of course
Interim reports will be sent home on Friday. They will need to be signed and returned.
The African American History Trivia has been very enlightening. We have learned about many knowledgeable and caring people who have shaped our culture. Thank you for working with your kids…the grades have been outstanding!
Objectives this week:
*Math- multiplication and division word problems, estimation, order of operations (Pass My Dad A Spoon), finding the unknown in a number sentence, test on Tuesday
*Reading- compare and contrast stories or characters, author and character point-of-view, double consonants, small group independent projects on the novel they are reading, test on Thursday.
*Writing-Imaginative Narrative
*Science- Soil: list and explain the functions of parts of a seed, identify how properties of soil influence the soils ability of hold water, conduct investigations analyzing how soil type affects water absorption rates, identify the properties of soil that support most plant growth, list the basic parts of soil, humus, sand, and clay, explain how composting recycles discarded plant and animal materials, determine how heat aids in the decay of plant material in a compost pile
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