T5W5 - Mid-Week Update

My apologizes for the lateness of this week's update.   We have had a busy week and Student Led Conferences are tomorrow.  Please sign up if you haven't done so already.

Math - Last week students learned how to complete multi-step area problems.  Many students have the concept down and they're still working on attending to precision.  This week we have shifted to geometry and we're focusing on quadrilaterals.  We are calculating internal angles, measuring sides, and drawing shapes.  Some students are reluctant to use their rulers and protractors; however, I'm going to keep encouraging them to use the appropriate math tools.  

 Genius Hour - Students created and played their own landforms/Earth forces board games.

 ELA - Students are entering the revision and editing phase for their summative opinion essays.  I reviewed different ways to begin an essay and we discussed several ways to write a conclusion.  Now that students aren't ending their papers with, "The End", I wanted to give them additional tools so that all of their conclusions don't begin with, "In conclusion...."

In reading we are reading two texts, Son, and Navajo Code Talkers.  With both texts students are working on analyzing text details, note-taking, and summarizing.

Science - Students are working on a group project about erosion, weathering, and conservation.

Social Studies - We are continuing our WWII unit.  Students presented excellent projects last week and this week I'm sharing additional information and reviewing.