Investigators - 1/13/23

 Hello All,

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL break!!!

On Tuesday, January 17th, we will take the Math portion of the Winter NWEA test.

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 “Addition and Subtraction.” 

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.D.8, 3.OA.D.9, 4.NBT.B.6

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 and describe the characteristics and purposes (e.g., measure distance, determine relative location, classify a region) of a variety of geographic tools and technologies (e.g., globe, map, satellite image). Using geographic tools and technologies, stories, songs, and pictures to answer geographic questions about the United States. Describing the impact of immigration to the United States on the cultural development of different places or regions of the United States (e.g., forms of shelter, language, food)

The standards that were used were: 4.H3.0.2, 4.G1.0.1, 4 .G4.0.2, 4.G4.0.4, 4.G4.0.2

Thank you,

Ms. Chantel

This week in ELA we reviewed some of our routines to refresh our memories after the break. We did a partner activity where we got to reading an article on the Titanic. We started a new unit in spelling this week and will finish it up next week. We will be taking our NWEA reading test on 1/24/23. Next week we will start our portfolio meetings with each student so we can review our fall scores and what goals we set for ourselves. This week in science we learned about the fish tank jobs that we are going to rotate from now until our release in May. All of our salmon are now in their fry stage and have started eating fish food. We will now have to monitor the water quaility each day, make water changes as needed, keep the tank clean, and monitor water temperature each day. We have also started our first earth science unit on weather and climate. This week we compared the two and learned how they are similar and different. On Friday we were able to get together with our 7th and 8th grade buddies to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. Each group was given some quotes from his different speeches to learn about. We created a timeline of these speeches and hung them on the wall in the main hallway. Here are some pictures from our day! :) -Ms Jamie