The Kersey Chronicles
Rockstars Choosing to Matter in Room 25
STEM in Literacy
This week, we will be completing two more lessons with our Purdue researchers. These lessons revolve around a problem found in a text and students use their knowledge of engineering and design thinking to create and make their own solutions. Students are extremely engaged in this process and have engineered some wonderful options. I love the communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking required to complete these tasks! Ask your child what they think of the process!
This Week's Set List (March 6-10)
Week at a Glance/Skills for the Week:
LITERACY – We are continuing unit 3 in reading, which focuses on researching history. Students will learn that readers of history focus on who, what, and when to make sense of our past. We will also begin a novel study of Number the Stars and discuss the research the author may have had to complete in order to write this book.
WRITING – Students are working hard on their Young Author Books! Art and Author Night is on March 21st, which is when the final published book is due.
MATH – We will begin Unit 9 today, which focuses on three main components of coordinate points, as well as volume and capacity of 3-D shapes. The Unit 9 test will be taken the week prior to Spring Break - it is important that your child be at school each day that week!
SPELLING – All students in our class have exhibited mastery in grade-level spelling. Therefore, we will no longer take weekly spelling tests. We will, however, continue to review spelling patterns and skills that will be helpful in authentic writing.
SCIENCE – We will be learning about Force and Motion!
SOCIAL STUDIES – We are studying the causes and main events of the Civil War as we work on our researching skill and nonfiction reading/writing.
TIPS - This week in TIPS, we are working on STEM lessons to practice our engineering and design thinking skills.
Upcoming Events
March 8th: Extended Early Release Day, 2:30pm dismissal
March 9th: Book Review Assignment due
March 10th: Staff volleyball tournament! Come cheer us on!
March 13th: Genius Hour Presentation
March 14th: PTO meeting
March 16th: Miller Learning Showcase at NHS
March 27th-April 9th: Spring Break