Happy Friday Everyone!
Here are few good pictures from our Science Made Fun in school field trip today:
Petting a ball python after learning about animals and their adaptations
Building an earthquake proof structure: 
trying to figure out who has the most acidic breath
Reading:
During reading time students are working in book clubs across the grade level. All of the books are set during the Civil Rights Era. All book clubs are focusing on learning about describing characters and following them through the story looking at how they change and what causes the change. Much of our work is focused on teaching students to support their thoughts about their reading and answers to questions with evidence from the text.
Writing:
In writing students are working independently or in groups on research projects they created based on our study of the Civil Rights Era. Students have chosen significant people or events that we touched on during a timeline activity and are creating a display for our upcoming Civil Rights Museum- keep an eye out for an invitation to this!
Math:
In math we are continuing to work on fraction concepts and operations with fractions. We have just started to look at fractions that are greater than 1 (for example 5/4 = 1 ¼ ). Students have access to a google doc titled ‘Student Math Links’ that has many links to instructional videos and games that we have used during class.
Social Studies:
This week we completed a mini unit our objectives related to branches of government. Students researched the purpose and function of the judicial, legislative, and executive branches. The have identified important roles in each branch, such as governor, senator, etc.
Other important info/reminders:
Our final field trip to the Greensboro Science Center has been approved! We are planning to visit on Thursday April 19th. We will send out detailed info about the trip when we return from Spring Break.
If your child brings their computer home, please help them remember to charge it each night so they will be able to use it the following day at school.
Important Dates:
February 23 PTA Yoga and Movie Night
28 Box Tops due
March 7 early release, 11:35 (HES only)
16 last day of the 3rd 9 weeks
April 9 first day of the 4th quarter
