We are participating in some scholastic book purchasing, and sent some flyers home this week, get some if you’d like, or just have your student make a wishlist of books that they are interested in, and we will order some for our classroom as well when we submit student orders. These are due by September 29th, and we will have another order next month!
Here is our Level 3 Scholastic website: https://orders.scholastic.com/YJRMF
Project
In Project this week, we continued our studies of systems by learning a bit about unintended consequences (*secret word* → write this in your agenda for bonus points!) and how our actions can impact the efficiency (or inefficiency) of a system. We also discussed and did some science readings about our first nature principle ‘nature runs on sunlight’ and learned about photosynthesis! Did you know that plants can grow without soil? Just ask Jan Von Helmont, who did a famous tree experiment, proving that plants make their growing mass by using photosynthesis alone! Ask your student to tell you about these photos and how photosynthesis works!
Literacy
In Literacy last week, we continued to work on our poetry! During Reading blocks, we read Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, and thought about what our main character thinks about poetry, and what we thought about it. For Writing last week, we wrote poems in the style of The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams, and finished our two-voice poems from the week before!
Ask your student if you can see their poems; these went home this weekend!
5th Grade Math
Last week in 5th Grade Math, we continued to multiply and divide decimals, and used our understanding of these skills to build a deeper understanding of the metric system.
Ask your student how the metric system is different from the standard measurement system.
6th Grade Math
Last week in 6th Grade Math, we did a pre-assessment on our new online math system, and then began a lesson on ratios! A lot of our work this week went into review of facts and learning how to use these new tools!
Ask your student if they can find any ratios in your kitchen or house (how many chairs for every one table?)