Mr. Magierowski-Howe's Blog: January 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

This Week in Room 28

Enrichment

Biography Project Presentations
Personal Narrative Read Alouds

ELA

Unit Focus: People Who Have Changed the World
Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony, Rosa Parks, Jane Addams, Malala, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Week's Skills and Content Focuses:

Main and Supporting Details
Summarizing
Author's Point of View and Analyzing Bias
Context Clues

Math

Math Mid-Years have been corrected and being sent home today (Monday)
Students have completed a reflection and will analyze and correct their work
Order of Operations
Interpreting Verbal and Written Expressions
Order of Operations and Verbal and Written Expressions Test Next Monday (Jan 30)

Science

The Moon and Its Phases
Moon Journal to be completed nightly!

Social Studies

Exploration
Explorers Covered This Week:
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartolomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama

Important Dates and Info

Kindness Spirit Week- see posted schedule for details
Grades Close Thursday
Kindness Celebration Friday Morning
Field Trip to Samoset for 6th Grade's Cultural Fair (1:00-3:00)
Report Cards Issued January 31st (Next Tuesday)

Prince Henry Webquest

Link for Webquest

Friday, January 20, 2017

Book Project Presentations!

Kindness Spirit Week!!!

Friday, January 6, 2017

Next Week in Room 28

ELA

Latin Roots
Quotes vs Underlining
Summarizing Expository Text
Main and Key/Supporting Details
Writer's Workshop: Endings and Revising

Math

Mid Year Test Review Week

Monday: Comparing and Ordering Decimals and Whole Numbers, Number Forms
Tuesday: Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals
Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Thursday: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals
Friday: Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10

Social Studies

Explorers

Marco Polo
Silk Road

Science

Invasive Species
Launching Moon- MOON JOURNALS!

Important DATES:

Friday, Jan 13: 1/2 Day
Monday, Jan 16: Martin Luther King Day: No School
Wednesday, Jan 18: Mid-Year Math Test
Friday, Jan 20: BOOK PROJECT DUE!
Tuesday, Jan 24: Grades Close
Tuesday, Jan 31: Report Cards

The recipients of this honor were chosen by their teacher and peers. A Student of the Month is a student who completes all of their school and homework with their personal best effort, follows the class and school code of conduct at all times, has no unexcused absences/ tardiness, displays random acts of kindness, and goes above and beyond. While many students meet this criteria, for December we recognize Anold Ganza and January, Natalie Brady for their many contributions to our classroom and school.

December: Anold Ganza

January:Natalie Brady

Checkout our Final, Published Summary!

Mr. M-H’s ELA Class

January 6, 2017

Summary: “Gulf Spill Super Heroes”

The text, “Gulf Spill Super Heroes”, is a fascinating expository text that discusses the Deep Water oil spill which occurred in April of 2010. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was incredibly dangerous to the ocean, fishermen, and animals. Volunteers, scientists, first responders, veterinarians, and many agencies needed to collaborate to help stop the spill and help clean up the community and environment.

Because the oil spill was becoming a dangerous hazard, people collaborated to find ways to fix and clean up the oil. Fishermen were losing money because the animals they needed were affected by the oil. Engineers repaired the well, but still needed to clean up the mess. Responders, including NASA, used the view from the sky to see where the oil was coming from. Volunteers dedicated their time to help the community and the animals that were affected by the oil spill. Scientists used the SWORD to scoop up the large clumps of oil.

Workers, volunteers, scientists, veterinarians, and many agencies worked as hard as they could to help the animals, fishermen, the communities around the spill, and to get the oil out of the water and clean up the mess and environment.