February Update!

Hi Everyone!  We are finishing February on a productive note.  I enjoyed seeing the work that has been submitted so far on Family Playlists.  Thank You Room 12 parents for your patience and willingness to take part in this pilot program.

In Reading we are currently studying text structures (cause-effect, description, problem-solution, sequence, compare/contrast) and learning how to write summaries of texts that use these structures. Our work in writing continues to be our Canada/Mexico research projects.  Many students are close to completing their rough drafts and will soon be able to begin to edit and publish their work. Publishing will be done through a student choice of website, book creator, brochure or poster.

In Math we completed Topic 6 which is a unit on problem solving and Topic 8 on equivalent fractions. Each day during the Solve and Share portion of our math lesson groups get a chance to draw their thinking out on a white board and share it with the rest of the class.  I am pleased with the math discussions coming out of these experiences.

We completed our Science unit on Energy and are now studying the regions of the United States.  We are currently working on the Northeast Region of our country. Our studies take us to different stops around the Northeast.  Below is a picture of students working on an assembly line in Hershey, Pennsylvania. One student is the wrapper cutter, the next in line is the candy placer, and the last student in line is the candy wrapper.