March Update!

Spring!  I hope everyone is enjoying the longer days and warming temperatures!

Here is a brief review of what we have covered in March.

Math- We completed our work on addition and subtraction of fractions, most recently Topic 9 -Understand Addition and Subtraction of Fractions. Our new unit is Topic 10 Extend Multiplication Concepts to Fractions. The use of pictures, bar diagrams and fraction bars have helped to make fraction concepts easier to understand.  We are working hard on our ST Math lessons also.  We find some time each morning for ST Math.  It's important for students to work on ST Math each day for 10-15 minutes as homework. This program is aligned with the math topics being taught in class and offers important support and enrichment.

Reading- We continued our use of the two column note strategy to help us learn how to locate main ideas and details.  Our strategy for finding main ideas involves locating all of the important details in a text and then finding the main idea based on those details. What do all of the details have in common?  We also continue learning about text structures and have completed our work on compare/contrast and cause/effect structures.

Writing- We are completing our Canada/Mexico Research Projects this week!  Students have been publishing to websites and Book Creator.  These projects are being published in Seesaw.

Social Studies- We completed our tour of the Southeast.  We have made stops in Jamestown, New Orleans, and Montgomery. Our test on the southeast is Tuesday, April 2nd.