News from Rooms 27 and 42
March 24th – March 28th
Teacher Notes
Homework will be assigned regularly this week.
Please expect your child to have homework in at
least language arts and math Monday through
Thursday.
Questions/Comments:
Mrs. Green – [email protected]
Mrs. Jewell- [email protected]
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Important Dates
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March 28th- Field Museum Field Trip
March 31st – April 4th- Spring Break
Language Arts
Mrs. Jewell
Language Arts
Mrs. Green
This week students will continue to participate in Read
to Self, Read to Someone, Listening to Reading, Word
Work, and Work on Writing for the Daily 5. Each
rotation is 15 minutes. In Making Meaning we will
complete our unit on informational text features. We
will review functional texts while looking at a school
lunch menu and directions on how to make a paper
airplane. Our assessment is on Thursday. Students will
be responsible for listing text features in the given
text and identifying their purpose. In vocabulary we
will begin our final vocabulary unit, again looking at
prefixes. Our prefix this week is uni- meaning “one”.
Ask your child to define words that use this prefix.
For Words Their Way please have your child work with
his/her words throughout the week so they are familiar
with their words and patterns. In writing we will
continue working on our weather stories.
We will continue our unit called Journeys and
Destinations. We will explore the concept of change in
many different readings. Students will take part in
discussions, writing, listening, vocabulary study and
research will be based on the readings. We will
continue learning about types of poetry. In Making
Meaning we will begin our unit on
Wondering/Questioning Expository Nonfiction. Our
read aloud this week is Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest
Frogs. We will continue to work in small groups for
Words Their Way. Please have your child work with
his/her words throughout these two weeks so they are
familiar with their words and patterns. In vocabulary
we work on the Latin suffixes –ible, -able meaning can
or able to be done.. In writing we will work on
Informational writing. We will be solving analogies
where students need to analyze the elements of a
puzzle, define a relationship to two other things. Mrs.
Hurt will come into the classroom and talk about
Myths.
***To practice WordMasters you can go on quizlet.com
which is also on my webpage. Thank you for continuing
to practice WordMasters words at home. Our last
competition will take place April 22nd.
Math
Mrs. Jewell
We will begin our standards on Geometry
 Monday- Fractions Assessment
 G.1 Categorize shapes
 G.2 Partition shapes into parts with equal areas.
Express the area of each part as a unit fraction
of the whole.
Math
Mrs. Green
This week we will continue our standards on Fractions
 NF.3 Equivalent Fractions
 NF.3 Compare factions with the same
denominator
 NF.3 Compare fractions with the same
numerator
***IXL, flashcards, and MAP practice sites, and math
***Please practice your basic facts. Flash cards and
Math IXL are excellent resources. Addition,
Subtraction, and Multiplication facts should be
memorized!
videos found on my webpage are great resources to
practice topics covered in class and basic facts at
home, too!
Social Studies
Mrs. Jewell
Social Studies
Mrs. Green
We will continue Chapter 8- How Government Works.
Students will:
 Compare and contrast the histories of Mexico
and the United States.
 Compare and contrast the local and national
governments of the United States and Mexico.
 Describe Mexico City and the cultural heritage
of Mexico.
We will begin Chapter 8- How Government Works.
Students will:
 Compare and contrast the histories of Mexico
Science
Mrs. Jewell
We will finish our mini-unit on the human body. We will
learn what our organs do for us. Ask your child to
explain what our lungs, skin, eyes, and nose do for us.
Wall of Fame
Congratulations to the students in Mrs. Jewell’s
reading class who scored 100% on their Words Their
Way Assessment: Aiden T., Nolan, Anisa, Nathan, Alec,
Allison, Zach E., Guadalupe.
Congratulations to the students in Mrs. Jewell’s
reading class who scored an A on their Vocabulary
Assessment: Jack, Anisa, Aiden B., Gianna, Aldric, Zach
E., Lily, Darren, Matthew, Nolan, Allison, Kayla, Elle,
Jasmine, Samantha, Dean, Aiden T., Alec, Reagan,
Nathan, Guadalupe, Ava.
Congratulations to the students in Mrs. Green’s
reading class who scored 100% on their Words Their
Way Assessment: JoAnna, Devin, Joey, Brooke,
Kayeigh, Karis, Julia, Olivia, Anna, Chris, Genevieve,
Jenna, erin,
Congratulations to the students in Mrs. Green’s
reading class who scored an A on their Expository
text Features Assessment: Anna, Erin, Karis, Julia,
Emma, Abby, JoAnna, Kayleigh, Genevieve, Olivia, Chris,
John
and the United States.
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Compare and contrast the local and national
governments of the United States and Mexico.
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Describe Mexico City and the cultural heritage
of Mexico.
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Science
Mrs. Green
We will continue our mini-unit on the human body. We
will learn what our organs do for us. Ask your child to
explain what our different body parts do for us.
Character Counts Corner
Thank you students for allowing us to have a wonderful
and positive week!
Mrs. Jewell’s class had 84 names on their Lion Pride
Chart this week!
Mrs. Green’s class had 95 names on their Lion Pride
Chart this week!