Investigators - 12/9/22

We have 9 bat houses available for our community. If you would like a bat house for your yard, please email Ms Jamie to request one at JamieR@Branchlinschool.org. Bat houses must be hung 15 feet from the ground in an area that gets some sun throughout the day.

 Hello All,

In our Math Rotations this week we have been working on: 

Mental Math: In this rotation, students have been working independently on their Mental Math Book called “Place Value.” 

At the Teacher’s Desk: In this rotation, students have been working on their assigned pages in their “Go Math” workbooks, Multiplication Facts and Strategies AND Multiply 2-Digit Numbers AND Divide by 1-Digit Numbers

Technology: In this rotation, students have been working on their “Go Math/Think Central” assignments or IXL on their Chromebooks. 

Have Fun With Games/Red Bin Work: In this rotation, students have been working on assigned pages in their workbooks or worksheets on various addition/subtraction skills or answering fact fluency questions in order to take their turn in the games played on Fun Fridays.

The standards that were used were: 3.OA.C.7, 3.OA.B.5, 4.NBT.B.6, 4.OA.A.3

In Social Studies we have been working on using primary and secondary sources to explain how migration and immigration affected and continue to affect the growth of Michigan, Identify questions geographers ask in examining the United States (e.g., Where it is? What is it like there? How is it connected to other places?, Use a case study or story about migration within or to the United States to identify push and pull factors (why they left, why they came) that influenced the migration, Use case studies or stories to describe the ideas and actions of individuals involved in the Underground Railroad in Michigan and in the Great Lakes region.

The standards that were used were: 4.G2.0.1, 4.G2.0.3, 4. G2.0.4, 4.H3.0.2

Thank you,

Ms. Chantel

This week in ELA we started a unit on character traits. We read through some fiction stories to pick out different traits and evidence we could find about our main characters. We finished our spelling unit this week and will get one more list assigned before winter break. We completed our mid-year reading checks. Only a few adjustments were made to reading groups and all groups moved up to their next level! :)  Standards covered: RL.3.1-10, RI.3.1-10, RF.3.3-4, RL.4.1-10, RI.4.1-10, RF.4.3-4 In Science this week we continued to work on our salmon flip book research. We researched predators, habitat, food, and interesting facts. Each student also came up with a question they had about salmon that they wanted to find the answers to. Some questions included: Do salmon drink water? (yes!),  How do salmon know how to get back to the place they were born to spawn? (Scientists think they can remember smells and sense magnetic fields to guide them home.), How far can salmon travel in their lifetime? (Up to 1,000 miles to find food)  Standards Covered: 3-LS2-1, 3-LS3-1,2, 3-LS4-1,2.3.4 -Ms. Jamie