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    The class recently finished a persuasive writing unit where students wrote letters to parents or teachers. In math, the class wrapped up a unit on fractions, decimals, and percents. They are now practicing multiplication and division of decimals. In science, the class started a unit on organisms in the environment by building a terrarium and aquarium habitat. They are observing the conditions and creatures. The reading unit focuses on mysteries, including discussing vocabulary and reading short mystery stories to practice skills like inferring and finding allusions.

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    The class recently finished a persuasive writing unit where students wrote letters to parents or teachers. In math, the class wrapped up a unit on fractions, decimals, and percents. They are now practicing multiplication and division of decimals. In science, the class started a unit on organisms in the environment by building a terrarium and aquarium habitat. They are observing the conditions and creatures. The reading unit focuses on mysteries, including discussing vocabulary and reading short mystery stories to practice skills like inferring and finding allusions.

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    The class recently finished a persuasive writing unit where students wrote letters to parents or teachers. In math, the class wrapped up a unit on fractions, decimals, and percents. They are now practicing multiplication and division of decimals. In science, the class started a unit on organisms in the environment by building a terrarium and aquarium habitat. They are observing the conditions and creatures. The reading unit focuses on mysteries, including discussing vocabulary and reading short mystery stories to practice skills like inferring and finding allusions.

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    April 26, 2013 Writing


    Our class finished our persuasive writing unit The culminating activity for the unit was to write a persuasive letter to a person in their life. These letters are posted on the bulletin board outside our classroom. Many wrote letters to you, their parents, to persuade you to let them have a cell phone. Another popular topic was to persuade Mrs. Thelen or me to have less homework! We had some really creative letters such as letters to pets to convince them to get along or stay away from backyard critters! We have some pretty strong arguments. Its hard to say no!

    Math
    Our classroom just wrapped up Unit 9 this week. This unit focusd on the links among fractions, decimals and percents for numbers. We began by practicing how to convert a fraction to a decimal and then to a percent. Some common fractions were memorized (for example is 0.5 or 50%.) Finally we introduced multiplication and division of decimals for the last few lessons of Unit 9. As we are entering the last full month of school, it is really important to keep practicing your childs math facts. We will be doing timings until the end of the month!

    Science
    In science, our class started a unit called Organisms in the Environment. We started out by building a terrarium with dirt, grass, moss, and a fern. The students then added small critters they found on the playground during recess time. We are calling this our Schoolyard Habitat. We have worms, flies, beetles and other lovely creatures. We are starting to observe this habitat every day and collect data about the water, temperature, soil and sun conditions. We also have an aquarium tank and welcomed guppies, African Dwarf Frogs, and snails to the tank. We will be learning more about these animals next week. We will also be attending an IMAX movie called Born to Be Wild which will be supporting our science unit. Stop by and see our new friends!

    Mystery Unit
    In reading, our class has begun a mystery unit. We have discussed different vocabulary words related to mysteries including my favorite vocabulary word, red herring. Red herrings in a mystery is a tool an author uses to distract and mislead the reader. We have read some short mysteries and practiced some important reading skills. We practiced inferring when we read A Viking in the Basement. We also worked on questioning when reading a Mystery from History book called The Mary Celeste by Jane Yolen. We also practiced finding a literary device called allusions when we read Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski. The class loved hunting for the different allusions in the text!

    MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
    Please know that if you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me at school (863-6362) or by e-mail (khumphreys@rockfordschools.org). Have a great weekend! Book order was sent home this week. This will probably be our last book order of the year. You can order online or by sending in a check with your order. Please check out our classroom blog at misshumphreys.blogspot.com! Check out some of our fun classroom pictures!

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