Mid March Update

Renaissance

In the Renaissance Project that we have been working on we have completed two outlines of 2 sources about the Renaissance and 2 sources about 2 famous people, drafted our reports, and received lessons on introductions and conclusions. We also revised for Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice and Sentence Fluency. Then we had peer revision for the same traits, edited for conventions and had peer editing sessions. We added revisions and edits over the weekend and completed the final drafts. You may get to hear some of these at Author's Tea!

Reading

We have had several reading sessions with the assignment to find evidence of descriptive words to help us see authors' word choice and its effects on what we see in our minds.

Weather

We began with the atmosphere and its layers. We investigated effects of sun rays on various places of the earth, and wind- prevailing winds and jet streams. We are now focusing on the lows and highs and air movement.

Math. The groups continue to move through their second books of the year. The current topics are percentages, order of operations and area and perimeter.

Spelling

We are working on units in school.

Flying Deer!

It is coming up on 3/23. Please read the weekly reminders for preparing your children.

Spring Fling is coming up! The flyer went home. Parents can build a flying machine if inspired!