131- Weekly Updates (January 30- Feb 3, 2023)

Hey Mr. Gray

January 30- Feb 3, 2023

• Board Game Presentations Tue Jan 31
• Global School Play Day- Web Feb 1 (Play all day!)
• Valentine’s Day Candy Grams- Due Tue Feb 7
• Valentine’s Day Class Party- Tue Feb 14
• Flag Deck (Parents can watch) Every Friday at 8:10 on the blacktop
• Read Across America Day + Book Donation Event- Thu Mar 2
• March 9- Girls Talk (Pizza, Pajamas, Presentation, Pals)

We will continue our new unit called “Argument and Advocacy”. The kids will prepare for their final debate. In groups of 5 or 6 they will formally debate topics. The students will spend the week preparing. They have to organize evidence, prepare opening and closing statements, rebuttals and even cross-examination questions. These debates will occur on Thursday. The students will get grades from me for their participation in the debate and contribution to the group. Audience members will also watch and score the debates. Groups and individuals will be given awards on Friday for their work in the debates.

We will continue our unit called “Research Based Argument Essay”. The kids will continue working on their second of three essays. We will work on lifting the level of the essays by analyzing the evidence used and appealing to the audience while trying to provide a thorough argument.

We will continue a unit called “Whole Number Expressions and Operations”. The students will review and practice Prime Factorization and take a quiz on Thursday on Prime Factorization and Order of Operations.

This students will start our next unit in Social Studies. We have been discussing the road the revolution: colonial life in the 1740s-1770s. The revolution has finally reached our doorstep. Next week will examine the meaning of the word “revolution” and its implications for the American Revolution. We will also take a sneak peek and important figures of the revolution and continue to study states and capitals.

The kids will begin the next Unit of Science and explore the question “How much freshwater is on Earth?” and of course see Ms. DeMarco for Science Lab.

The kids will finish up studying the words in lesson 2 of Wordly Wise and review Lessons 1 and 2 before a quiz on Friday.