The Jungle Book
Mrs. Knueven's Classroom Newsletter
Upcoming Events
3/22 Middle School Papers due
3/24 Wordly Wise 13 Test
3/24 WTW Quiz
3/24 March Scholastic orders due
3/28 Unit 6 Math Test
3/29 School Play
3/30 Unit 4 Science Test
3/31 No School - Spring Break Begins
Curriculum Corner
Writing
Students are beginning to wrap up their first chapter of their Famous Hoosier project. We will spend the time between now and spring break editing and revising these chapters.
Language Arts
Wordly Wise: We will continue working on Wordly Wise unit 13 this week. WW 13 C & D will be due on Thursday, 3/23 and we will test on Friday 3/24. This will be our last unit before we leave for Spring Break.
Words Their Way: Quizzes will be on Friday, 3/24. We will not have WTW next week.
Reading
Students are doing a great job with our Sign of the Beaver discussion so far! We will be spending our class time focusing on and discussing higher level thinking questions that involve analyzing, summarizing, predicting, and drawing conclusions from the text. This will be challenging, but will help push them to another level of comprehension and will be a great preparation for fifth grade. We will work together quite a bit, especially at the beginning, so hopefully students will see this as a fun and rewarding challenge rather than a frustrating activity. We will be reading chapters 9-18 this week.
Math
We will be continuing Unit 6 in math this week. If students are not fluent in their division facts, that would be an excellent way to spend some time at home as they will be important in this chapter. This week, we will be covering interpreting remainders, using a protractor, and how to find the measurement of a missing angle.
Science
We will continue our study of animal adaptations this week. Students will learn about how humans impact living things and their habitats.