Week 20!

Another week of hard work has come and gone! Students have been working really hard to finish their MixBooks, learn new math skills and experience life as a colonist.  We even spent time Friday building a wind turbine with some UNH students.  Check out some highlights below:

*Math:

• Took our fraction review unit test
• Completed a math reflection about our "self paced" choice unit
• Began our new unit...adding and subtracting fractions!
• Reviewed adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators

*Literacy:

• Finished benchmarking (to see reading growth) with all students 
• Finished up MixBooks
• We are currently editing like crazy so that books can be ordered
• I will send home information about purchasing early next week
• We will begin argument and advocacy next week in both reading and writing

*Social Studies:

• Students were placed in colonial families
• Researched the climate, pros, cons, jobs and hardships of each region
• Created a list of "tradable goods" 
• Families will barter on Monday to trade for goods they will need to survive the winter

*STEMBASSADORS:

UNH students visited us on Friday and guided us with building a wind turbine.  It was so much fun!

Enjoy your weekend!