What were our focuses this past week?
- Writing: Students worked hard to complete their realistic fiction stories. Students were given the option to turn their story into an online book using bookcreator.com.
- Reading: This past week, we began our 2nd reading unit. Unit 2 "Reading the Weather, Reading the World", will be centered around nonfiction texts. Students jumped in to reading nonfiction texts by learning to first make connections with these texts, preview them (scan text features, think about background knowledge), and consider different text structures (compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological, or problem/solution. A key strategy we focused on was identifying the main idea and key details of a text.
- Math: Topics covered this week in math-
- 4.1: Factors and multiples, prime and composite numbers, and patterns.
- 4.2: Classifying 2-D figures, mental math strategies, and identifying/drawing lines of symmetry.
- 5.1: Multiplying and dividing multi-digit numbers.
- Social Studies: Students continued learning about the American Revolution. Key topics focused on were: the First and Second Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, Key Figures (Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Paul Revere, etc.), and the Battles of Lexington & Concord and Saratoga.
Important Dates & Information:
- The Reflections Program:
The Reflections Program is a National PTA and Georgia PTA cultural arts competition. Since 1969, over 10 million students across the nation have taken part in this popular PTA program. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works.
We invite everyone to tell your story through dance, a short film, a poem or story, an original song, a photo or visual work of art. The Reflections program is for ALL students! You do not need to be proficient in the arts to participate!
Entries must be submitted using this form here [docs.google.com]. The deadline to submit is October 22nd to the BIN located near FRONT DESK at New Prospect or electronically at email: [email protected].
Reflections Video: https://www.georgiapta.org/reflections/reflections-submission-info [georgiapta.org]
If you have any questions about Reflections, please contact Jalpa Patel at [email protected]