What will students learn this year? In science, they will work with microscopes, learn about erosion and ground water, and even become engineers. For the next two months we will be following the presidential campaigns very closely. We will also be studying the world of work and the labor movement, particularly in Washington State. Most reading instruction will be linked to our social studies themes, using resources from the Comprehension Toolkit. Writing will be taught using the Writer's Workshop format in combination with at least two research projects.
We continue to use the rigorous Everyday Math program at Hawthorne, which I have been quite pleased with. There are two 4/5 multi-age classrooms this year, and we will be separating students by grade level for math. I will be teaching math in my classroom to the 4th graders in Rooms 11 and 12, and Charlene Smith will be teaching math in Room 11 to the 5th graders in both classes.
Monday, September 1, 2008
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