Final Stretch to Winter Break!

In this sandwich of weeks before break, we have been doing lots of fun things!

While we have been MAP testing every day, we also squeezed in Hour of Code today!

The students made movies, video games, and used their knowledge of coding to do all of it! It was fantastic! Here are some pictures:

This week we have also been full swing into Christie City! I am EXTREMELY excited about this because the students will be able to run their very own city! They will have jobs that they applied for, to make money and buy things! They will have to keep up with their balance, as well as help their business make a profit. This real world, hands on approach to financial literacy is so exciting and we are very fortunate to get the opportunity!

I will also start adding links that you can access from home to help with academics and fun ways to practice the things we are learning at school!

<3

Mrs. Amini

Two Weeks Left!

I can't believe there are only two weeks left in the semester! This year has flown by!

We have been working very hard on our math MAP test this week, while still working on 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication and perfect squares.

In reading, we worked on making inferences. For this we use the formula TC+BK=I (text clues+background knowledge=inference). We read one of my favorite stories "Dear Mrs. LaRue." Ask your child about this story, it is silly! Next week in reading, we will be taking the reading MAP test. Make sure your child is getting a good night's sleep and eating a good breakfast.

In social studies, we learned about different battles during the Texas Revolution. 

Science has been very explorative this week. For Engineering Expo, we had touched a little bit on circuits. This week the students learned more vocabulary for circuits, while experiment with simple circuits and making them more complicated.

I first put the students in groups and asked each group what they needed to build a circuit with one light bulb.

Here is what I got: 

The next day, I challenged them to add a light bulb to their circuit:

Lots of love from Mrs. Amini :)

<3

Mrs. Amini