5B Classroom News: Week of Oct. 16th

A note from Mrs. Burke:
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Here is what our classroom reporters wrote this week about what they have learned.


Math:

On Wednesday we had a math assessment.

~ Colby

In math on Wednesday we had a test and on Tuesday we studied and worked on papers for the subjects we needed to work on.

--Lucy

In math we are working on division.

-Larkyn

We have been getting ready to do a math test.  First, we looked at the pretest when we did not know everything. Now that we know everything we will do the new test.  

-Ella

In math we are starting PEMDAS. They’re really fun!

-Paige

Language Arts:

In Esperanza Rising, Esperanza and Mama are fleeing to California because their uncle burned down their house.

--Addyson

Mama, Esperanza, and Hortensia all are in a fig wagon and stuck in between the figs and the wagon. There is a little compartment  big enough for a 13 year old and two woman.

~Jocelyn

Yesterday we did a little more reading in Esperanza Rising.

-Chandler

Using the book Esperanza Rising, students practiced finding evidence that shows which humans rights, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, were threatened.

 

Social Studies:

  

In the book, Blood on the River, they have arrived at the mysterious island and have discovered new trees with itchy sticky sap that gives you a rash and bumps.

-Lily

I learned that a silversmith is a person who makes stuff out of silver and sometimes gold.

---Alexander

In social studies I learned a little more about blacksmiths.

-Chandler

As part of our unit on colonization, students researched colonial trades and used their notes to complete an apprentice application.

 

Second Step

In Second Step this week we continued talking about attentive listing. We watched a video about a boy who wasn’t listening to his friend. When his friend finds out that he wasn't listing he got upset. Everybody could empathize for the friend. But also the the boy who wasn’t listing because he probably he felt really bad.

-Cordelia

We are learning about listening.

- Jamie

This week in Second Step we learned that we should always listen to the person who is speaking. You should always listen to the person who is speaking because you would miss out on what they’re talking about, or what if it's important? What would you do?

- Lyssette

In Second Step, we are learning how to be attentive listeners.  Some of the things we have practiced are to repeat what the speaker says, and to focus all your attention on the speaker.

-Bennett