Things are Shaping Up!

This week we began our geometry unit Topic 10: Solids and Shapes. We continued reading in our series book clubs. Students were still excited after Literacy Week and wanted to continue reading their poems in and out of class. We continued writing persuasive opinions and finished our Science chapter and our optical artwork. Please continue reading to get a glimpse at what else we did this week and all we hope to accomplish next week. If you have any questions or concerns please email me at: joshuajoseph.his@gmail.com

Reminders

• Feb 9-13: Chinese Week
• Wednesday: Dress in red
• Friday: Bring chopsticks
• Feb 13: HIS Valentine's Day
• Feb 16-23: Lunar New Year Holiday
• Feb 25: Semester 2 clubs begin
• Feb 27-28: Peace Day Holiday

This Week
Reading: We continued reading in our series book clubs and began reevaluating our reading levels. Many students opted to continue shared their favorite poems during Shared Reading. We began a new Read Aloud: Spiderwick Chronicles: Field Guide #1 by Holly Black. 

Writing: We continued drafting persuasive opinion pieces. Students learned how to draft opinion pieces by doing a taste test and using a rubric to evaluate different chocolate chip cookies. Students also learned how to give their writing credibility by writing their expertise, and how to write conclusions by giving ratings. 

Math: Students learned to identify 3-D figures around them, and describe their vertices, sides, faces, etc. Students also learned how to distinguish between lines, angles, and triangles. 

Science: Students reviewed and assessed everything they learned in Chapter 4. 

Next Week:
Reading: Students will finish their Series Book Club unit. They will learn about their characters by noticing when they change across texts, and when they act similarly and differently across texts. Students will also compare stories within a series by discussing which one is the best.  

Writing: Students will begin revising and editing their persuasive opinion drafts in preparation for our Publishing Party! Students will revise and edit their work by trying out different introductions, conclusions, and peer-editing each others writing. 

Math: Students will learn how to distinguish and describe quadrilaterals. Students will also learn how to solve word problems by making and testing generalizations. Finally students will review and assess everything they learned in Topic 10. 

Science: Students will learn about food chains. Students will learn that food chains begin with the Sun, that food chains differ according to their environments, and how animals become part of a food chain.