End-of-Week Update 11/15

Caroline was this week's Room 20 Celebrity Singer!  Go, Caroline!

What we've been up to:
This was a four-day week, but we still completed a lot of work!  In music, we finished up recording our recorder songs on MixCraft 6.  We added background instruments to our "Starburst" recordings.  Caroline won celebrity singer this week!  We're so proud of her!  In math this week, we learned important words such as "divisor," "dividend," "quotient," and "remainder" to help us with low-stress division.  We also learned how to do the multiplication check to check our division.  On Friday, we took our division test and took our time.  We hope Mrs. Adams writes the number 4 a whole lot this weekend!  We read Chapter 8 in The Sisters Grimm.  It was a very long chapter, but it was action-packed and adventurous.  It was very tense at some points.  By the end of the chapter, the girls got Dorothy's ruby slippers and they had their very own disguises - the tin man and Momma Bear!  In art class, we painted landscapes of mountains using light and dark paint.  We mixed white with the dark colors to make different values and hues.  In writing, we figured out how our stories were going to go and added planning boxes to our timelines.  Then, we started drafting our fiction stories.  We worked on making our leads more fun with dialogue, action, and thought shots.  In social studies, we labeled Southeast capitals and abbreviations on our poster maps.  We also learned a lot about the Southeast's people, places, and economy.  For example, more presidents were born in Virginia than any other state!  (There's 8 total, in case you're wondering).  We talked about tourism, the beautiful Southeast beaches, "snow birds," St. Augustine, the Assateague Islands and their wild ponies, the Florida Keys with their coral reefs, and Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas!  In P.E., we learned how to do proper curl-ups.  It was a great week!

What's coming up / From Mrs. Adams:

• Continue to work on November Speeches!  They are due on 11/26.  We discussed how students will be graded on their oral presentation, not their written product.  Students have the scoring rubric for the November speech along with the assignment.  Encourage your child to practice their speech aloud at home!
• Have a great weekend!