We had a busy week on the avenue last week! Here is a snippet of our week-
In math we continued our work with the metric system. We were persistent in practicing to show our work multiple ways (tape diagram, mixed unit add/subt, converting before add/subt, using a number line to 'add up' instead of subtracting). We ended the week with multi-step word problems using metric units then took our metric unit assessment. Here are a few pics from our week:
In Language Arts we wrapped up our lessons on figurative language through a flip book activity, test, and writing. We worked in partners to write a narrative using at least 3 examples of figurative language. The kids had a blast making up their stories together and sharing them with the class. We loved hearing them and listening out for all the fun figurative language; it really makes a story come alive! Friday, we did an inquiry lesson about biographies. We looked through many different biography texts and jotted down notes of things that we noticed about them that makes them unique. We then came together as a class to make a list of biography features and talked through them, showing examples from the books. Following our lesson we used our library time to check out biographies on our individual reading levels to use for our reading contracts.
In our Social Studies/ELA lessons we got super involved with the story of the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis and Clark. We had a great time reading passages, sorting events, discussing the driving forces behind the events, retelling the stories behind the Purchase and the Expedition, mapping out the expedition, taking notes and more! We ended the week discussing Manifest Destiny and doing a photo analysis on the painting and discussing what it was and it's impact on the westward expansion. (We also took a TON of notes!)
In Science we had lots of fun working with force and motion. We visited the science lab for a fun experiment with 'Sheep in a Jeep' as well as looked at Newton's Laws of Motion. Sadly, I don't have any pictures to share from Science!
I hope you all had a great week and weekend! It was fun to see many of you and the Tour DeCatur 5k Saturday! It was such a beautiful day and fun community event. :)
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