Mrs. Franzyshen's Weekly Update
1/21/20 - 1/24/20
This Week in D404
Math:
- Division Strategies: Partial Quotients
- New Unit: Following Characters Into Meaning
- Reading "The Tiger Rising" by Kate DiCamillo
- Reading skills: visualizing, getting to know the characters in a novel
- Started a new informational book about the American Revolution (this book will focus on being able to independently transfer the "all about" writing skills into a book about a different American Revolution topic)
- Chose book topics
- Planned the chapters for our new books
- Researched and took notes for our new books
Social Studies:
- Second Continental Congress
- Battle of Bunker Hill
Next Week in D404 (Week of 1/27/2020)
- Division Strategies (long division)
- Reading "The Tiger Rising" by Kate DiCamillo
- Reading skills: getting to know the characters in a novel, predicting
- Drafting our informational books (including text features and quotations into our writing)
Social Studies:
- Second Continental Congress
- Declaration of Independence
- Revolutionary War Battles
- American Revolution Test: Week of February 3rd
Dates to Know
Thurs. 1/30 - Early Release Day: Professional Development
Contact Me
Email: courtney.franzyshen@sbschools.org
Website: sbfranz.weebly.com
Location: 52 Deans Rhode Hall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA
Phone: (732) 821-7478
Twitter: @court_franz