// What we have been up to these days... //

Week of February 25

Students have been continuing to find new information about their chosen ancient civilizations. They are working on explaining information  and facts to their readers in Writers’ Workshop. In Readers’ Workshop,  students are reading myths from their civilization and thinking about how the story follows the trajectory of the hero’s journey. They also studied how the story of Gilgamesh follows these same patterns. In History, students began working as a group in preparation for our Exploration Fair. In Science, students read deeper about mushrooms and how they contribute to their ecosystem.

Week of March 4

This week, students have had the opportunity to observe how fungi, yeast, and mold grow by viewing samples on our Science shelf. In History, students began writing introductions to their research reports by thinking like a reporter and answering the 5 W’s about their civilization. The fourth level students learned divisiblity rules and presented one of the rules to explain to our class, while the fifth level students are wrapping up a unit on decimals by designing a food truck. In Language, students continued their study of word roots as well as subject complements.