Writing: We learned about how to take notes from various sources, such as articles and videos. We practiced jotting down key words so that we could use them in our writing. We also learned about the four types of sentences: interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, and declarative. We practiced writing each of these types of sentences using correct capitalization and end punctuation.
Science: We made observations about what living things can be found in two different schoolyard areas. Then we viewed live webcams to make observations about what living and nonliving things could be found in other habitats. We saw brown bears at a river in Alaska, gazelles and elephants at a waterhole in Africa, stingrays and fish at a tropical reef, and honeybees at a hive. The students loved this lesson!
Reading: This week we read articles about penguins living in Antarctica and a park ranger in the Smoky Mountains. We also read a fiction passage about an armadillo that was searching for the perfect habitat. While exploring these various texts we worked on identifying the main idea and supporting details, summarizing, and identifying key story elements. We also read with the purpose to practice fluency.
Math: Graphing has been the main focus of this week. In addition to creating graphs, we have been working on answering word problems that go along with reading the graphs. We have been looking for key phrases within the word problems to help us determine how to solve them.
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