Thursday, February 1, 2024

February updates

Math:

We will be finishing our area module and diving into our fractions module. Students will be partitioning wholes into equal parts, identifying unit fractions, representing parts of a whole as a fractions using number bonds, comparing fractions, and more!

Reading:

Students are wrapping up on our genre study on Realistic Fiction books. Our next text set will be about honoring traditions. Students will be focusing on summarizing. 

  • February Book Reports will be due March 4th!
Writing:
 
We are finishing our final drafts of our nonfiction picture books! Students have mastered how to identify when a text is nonfiction and nonfiction text features! We will be moving into our next writing unit which is biography and opinion writing.

Science:

Students are super close to answering the question: Why does the train change from floating to falling? 


  • There is a half-day on Thursday, February 8th. Hynes students are dismissed at noon.
  • There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 16th or Monday, February 19th. 
  • Parent/teacher conferences are on Thursday & Friday, February 15 &16. For sign-up & times, please see the information sent in an email from the tech team!