Did you remember to spring ahead this weekend?  I certainly missed that hour!

It was nice to see some of you at Lip Sync on Friday.  I had fun dancing up on stage and I know all our performers did too!  Great job!

In writing workshop we continued working on our literary essays.  Last week we learned how to angle a story to support our ideas.  We also learned how to include quotes, lists, and examples to help support our reasons!  I am modeling how this is done using our mentor text, Fox.  This is a challenging unit, and the students are working really hard!

In reading workshop we discovered many things about the authors we are studying.  We learned that to become an author expert we have to do more than just read the books by that author.  Some of the key questions we asked ourselves and club mates this week were:  'Does the author have a common theme in his/her books?', 'What does the author do the same and/or different in each of his/her books?', 'What do you think the author is known for?', 'What can I learn about myself from this book?'.

In math we are learning how to add and subtract fractions.  Last week we learned strategies to help us when adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. We took the interim assessment last week as well.  I will use this assessment to see what skills we know and which ones I need to go back and review.

In social studies we are beginning to learn about the impact of the Colonial and Revolutionary war periods on New York and the New Nations.  Right now we are focusing on Colonial New York and Peter Stuyvesant.

I hope you enjoyed your weekend.  Thanks for your continued support!