April 20 – April 26, 2024

Learning how to read is a big part of the elementary classroom. Students need to be able to decode unfamiliar words to become good readers. In our classroom, we spend a lot of time developing our decoding skills in a fun and interactive way.

This week, we discussed all the things readers do to become better readers. After reading a story, the students will often ask, “Why must we reread this?” With repeated reading, we become better readers. Our fluency and reading comprehension improve as we practice and engage in rereading.

There are some students in the elementary classroom who already know how to read. These students spend their time working on developing a deeper comprehension.

This week, we will highlight Jonathan as he shares ways to become a better reader.

What we learned:

“Devon Muller learned a flower that it has roots and air and this flower needs sunlight to survive.” – Devon Mueller

“In Social Studies we learned about Local Governments.” – Eva Johns

“I learned Bar graphing fractions and Subtraction.” – Max Vogl

“This week I learned prefix and suffix.” – William Siebert

Our highlights of the week:

“The best part of my week was playing with trains.” – Colin Inestronza

“The best part of my week is fractions.” – William Siebert

“Today we finished Auction practice. Mrs. Hodge did a great job helping us.” – Eva Johns

“Devon Mueller is proud to not give up when some things are hard. Devon loves all of his friends and all of his teachers.” – Devon Mueller

This week in ELA we dove into the dark depths of Edgar Allen Poe. Our emphasis was on his four main literary styles Allegory, Alliteration, Repetition, and Rhyme. We will be wrapping up our American Romanticism Authors next week with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Students have received their study guides for their end-of-year finals, and we will be reviewing all of the material in class over the course of the next few weeks. Please help them set aside some time at home to study as well. In Science, we finished Ch.5 on Biomes. This week, we covered freshwater biomes, including lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. We will begin reviewing for our end-of-the-year final overall of Chapter 5 next week!

This week in history, we wrapped up our unit on the US Constitution and have started to review it. We worked on completing our study guides. We also reviewed the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the branches of government.

In history, we continued learning about the American Revolution. We spent this week studying the Declaration of Independence.