Reading: Students will begin their next novel study, focusing on Historical Fiction. As a class we will be reading Number the Stars, students will then be grouped to read their own Historical fiction book. We will finish the reading unit with a project reflecting the story Number the Stars

Writing: In Writing students are working on finishing their snow globe narrative and will begin to focus on Opinion Writing through the month on January. 

Grammar/Spelling/Vocabulary: This week our focus will be on review of grammar and math concepts as well as reading comprehension passages. 

Math: We will be using a CGI, math workshop model this year.  As a class we will work with Hundred's boards, and work on problem solving in our math notebooks. This week in math students will dive into their Division Unit, learning different strategies to divide numbers. 

Social Studies: Students are working on their science unit about Earth and its changing surface  

Science: Students are learning about Earth and its changing surfaces with weathering, erosion and deposition. 

Art: Students are creating Northern Lights art with Chalk Pastels