Our study of informational text continued with learning how to read "closely" by rereading, reading in chunks, using text features, and annotating the text. We began with a series of short text related to the Civil Rights Movement, and most recently have been reading about endangered animals. Students also learned how to construct a response using evidence from two texts. Ask your child, "What problems are animals facing, and what are humans doing to help?"
Students have also been applying their informational reading and writing skills as they learn about Vermont. This practice will help students as they select a US state to independently research and write about as part of our 50 States Project.
Meet DASH.
He's a robot that the students have learned to maneuver using their coding skills. Each group of students was challenged with coding Dash to travel across the US visiting each of the 5 regions we have learned about. Check out our trip across the US!
Dash will visit us again when we move into our geometry unit. Currently, we are finishing up our unit of fractions and decimals. Students have been learning to compare, add, and subtract fractions, identify equivalent decimals, and locate fractions and decimals on a number line.
