February 23

Just a little bit about what is going on in class: Reading-We just finished a unit on mysteries, we studied the components of a mystery and everyone read a mystery book with a partner or group, filled out a case file, and created a project to share their books. They did a wonderful job! Now we are starting our study of the non-fiction genre. Writing-Shortly after we started our reading unit, we began working on writing our own mysteries. We started by reading many "leads" in different mystery books and then we tried one of Chris Van Allsburg's Myteries of Harris Burdick's  mysteries each day. Everyone decided on a mystery they wanted to write, started with a strong lead and a graphic organizer with the components of a mystery, and before we knew it, we had all written our own mysteries.  Math-We are continuing to learn about fractions and decimals and how to add, subtract and make them equivalent. Content-We finished our study of the American Revolution and are now learning about space exploration and our solar system.

 *Check our calendar for other important dates.

February 27^th-Black History month facebook page due.

March 2^nd Planet Brochure Due

March 5^th-Moon Chart due

  Sites of the month:
Fractions and Decimals: http://tconstantine.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/Favorite+Links#Math-Fractions

Solar System: http://tconstantine.wiki.hoover.k12.al.us/Favorite+Links#Science-Solar System

What we're doing in the computer lab: http://constantinelablessons.blogspot.com/