Spring?

In less than 24 hours it will officially be Spring!  And potential snow on the way??

Quick update of happenings in J15.  We finished our unit on numerical expressions and order of operations this week.  Our next unit will be on converting customary units and metric units.  We are nearing the end of our simple machines unit and the quiz is this coming Wednesday.  In Social Studies, we also finished a unit on the 13 original colonies.  For writer's workshop, we've been writing journal entries as colonial boys/girls and we've also been working on writing our own original fables.  Next week we'll begin a longer writing unit on script writing.  Students will be writing their own scenes for an original play.  Details will be announced in class.  Last week we got see a cool science assembly on liquid nitrogen and a few students from our classroom were lucky enough to help out in a few of the experiments.  Lastly, we finished our second lit circle book!  Students presented their books to the class on Friday.  Pictures below!

Report cards will go out.  Please be mindful that student marks reflect complete through the entire trimester.

Colonial America Link

Ducksters- Colonial America

Week of 2/29-3/1

Students continued their work with simple machines in science and the 13 original colonies in social studies.  We are wrapping up our booktalk papers in order to get ready for our march madness bracket which will put 16 different books in head-to-head competition.  Students will present their booktalk to the class and they will vote on a winner to advance to the next round.

During our Wednesday morning meeting, students worked with Mrs. Cardin on a communication skills building activity.  Groups had to piece together a puzzle without talking to one another or using some form of formal communication.

Mr. Chelman joined us on Wednesday for Dr. Seuss Day or Read Across America Day.  He read 'Finding Winnie' to our class.  We all enjoyed the story and were intrigued by the true events that lead to the famous stories of Winnie the Pooh.

During our Friday morning meeting, Annika shared a news paper article about the Jefferson school socks and pajama drive for foster children.  The article highlighted the hard work and thoughtfulness of the students at Jefferson.

Lastly, you see pictured below a few of the exquisite art work students produced for their poetry projects.