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Weekly Learning Objectives for October 22-26

October21

Happy Sunday!  After another not-quite-long-enough weekend it is back to the grindstone.  I hope you all were able to enjoy the weather and get outdoors with your families this weekend.  My family spent Saturday at soccer fields and visiting the new Amish Market in Bridgeton.  If you haven’t been out there, I highly recommend it.  AMAZING food, great prices and just some wonderful people to deal with.  All that out of doors activity has my allergies in an uproar so hopefully I make it through the week with a voice.  Right about now I sound like a cross between Marge Simpson and the mom on the Big Bang Theory :(. 

On to our objectives!

Reading: This week we will be working on summarizing.  A good summary answers the following questions:

Who was the story/article about?

What happened?

Where did it take place?

When did it take place?  (past, present, or future time)

Why did it turn out the way it dis?

How were the characters involved?

Grammar:  Students will be working to make sentences say more by adding descriptive words.

Vocabulary: Students will be working with more adjectives this week to make our writing more interesting and descriptive.

Writing: Students will be working to edit, revise, and publish their first portfolio piece about citizenship.

Math: Students will be using estimation and mental math to find sums and differences of 3 and 4 digit numbers. (addition and subtraction)

Social Studies:   Students will continue to learn about citizenship and the steps it takes to become an American citizen.

Science:   Students will wrap up their mock rock experiment.

Social Studies Review – Prezi

October4

We Welcome Visitors for Wellness Week

October2

Make good choices!

This week is national Wellness Week in schools.  We are participating in spreading the word that drugs and alcohol are not for us!  This week we are also spending some time reflecting on bullying.  We have discussed how it has effected us, makes us feel, and why we need to work together to stop it!  We have had many special visitors and assemblies this week along with daily color days and prizes for wearing our Wellness Week buttons.  Our assebly today was called Steered Straight.  We had speakers who have learned the hard way that drugs, gangs, and wrong choices can limit the opportunities we have for our futures. 

 

 

One of the other activites we participated in this week was a large art project displayed in our foyer.  Each class was asked to take strips of fabric and write how bullying has effected them or ways they could help to end bullying.   Once we wrote our messages on the strips of fabric we weaved them together with other classes to show that we are bound together to but a stop to bullying.  Some of our comments were that bullying made us feel sad, depressed or like we weren’t worth anything.  Some of us wrote about times we had been bullied.  Others wrote about times they stood up to bullies.  We all agreed that bullying is not the answer and working together respectfully is!

We are Bound to put a STOP to Bullying

Weaving an attitude of respect throughout our school

            

Mayor Shannon with Mrs. Sinone’s Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also had a visit from Mayor Shannon, Millville’s mayor.  In our social studies unit we are learning about the branches and responsibilities of our government.  Mayor Shannon shared his vision for Millville with us, including his ultimate goal of adding a much needed recreation center to our town.  While that goal may be way down the road he has accomplished another goal of his during his term- helping to solve our feral cat problem.  We also disccussed what qualifications one must have to become a mayor, the responsibilities of a mayor, and his favorite and least favorite parts of the job.  For the record he loves spending time with our youth and visiting schools and does not like balancing what needs to be done with his goal to not raise taxes.       

  Mayor Shannon answered so many of our questions during his question and answer period.  He encouraged our students to have a positive outlook on life and always strive to see the good in all situations.  He also advised us to be good citizens and have pride in our town.  “Be litter critters.  Pick up litter while you are walking around our town and parks.  Make sure your trash makes it into the proper place.

Mayor Shannon answered so many of our questions!


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