Week of April 21st - 26th

This week we will be reading "To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers". Here are the skills/strategies for this story:
Genre: Biography
Comprehension Skill: Generalize
Comprehension Strategy: Ask Questions
Comprehension Review Skill: Graphic Sources
Vocabulary: Context Clues

Our block students, Miss Kolby and Miss Liz will be teaching this story and doing culminating lessons this week.

For our MLB day, students worked in teams to develop a new baseball franchise. They did such an awesome job with this project. They collaboratively decided a name, location, colors and logo for their new team. They also designed hats, ticket stubs, and worked together to write a persuasive letter to the commissioner in hopes that their team will be chosen as the newest MLB franchise. :) I've enjoyed listening to the conversations throughout this entire process. From deciding team names, to determining promotions related to their teams, they've done an excellent job working together and agreeing on the final product.
Here it is:


On Thursday (4/24), students will be visiting the high school for the spring music concert.

Next week, students will be testing (Science PSSA) on Wednesday and Thursday. We will be reading the story Tia Lola, but will not be testing on it.

Common Core Math for Parents

Week of April 7th- April 11th

This week we will be doing the story "Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride".

Here are the skills/strategies for this story:

Genre: Historical Fiction

Comprehension Skill: Sequence

Comprehension Strategy: Story Structure

Comprehension Review Skill: Draw Conclusions

Vocabulary: Context Clues

We will also be testing Chapter 8, Geometry, in Math.

I am very proud of all the hard work the students did on the PSSA tests last week. We are certainly thankful to be back to a normal schedule!