I can’t believe we are already into the middle of November,
where is the year going? Here is the
November update:
In Math, we are finishing up our unit on division. I am very
proud of the class, as they have really done a great job learning the steps for
long division. From here will move into fractions until the Winter holidays,
but will continue to revisit past lessons to keep them fresh in the their
minds.
Moving along in Texas History, we have been studying the
Native Texan Indians. We are ending this unit by having our famous news
reporters from Mrs. Ratliff’s room interviewing these incredible Texas tribes.
I can’t wait to watch and see what they have learned from their research. The
interviews will be presented on this Friday, November 15th. I will post the video
interviews on the ratliffsroundup blog, so you can view them. Next, we will jump
aboard the ships of famous explorers who came to Texas in search of gold and
other riches.
Watch out for the earthquake, oh wait… that’s just a
land form. Yes, we are right in the middle of land forms. They are creating
land form booklets. Then we look at weathering, erosion, and deposition.
We have started our first book club book as a whole class. I
do this to set the tone and expectations for when they start book clubs on
their own. We are reading The Mixed Up File of Mrs. Basil E Frankwieler. This
is always a fun novel to start book clubs with.
We are still practicing our comprehension skills each week.
In writing we will be looking at writing expository pieces
of writing, and also writing one. We are working hard on revising and editing also.
Both are key to the STAAR test at the end of the year. In grammar, we are
moving into verbs.
