February WLE TV

February 7: https://youtu.be/m9Kq5jKAZTs

February 14th:  https://youtu.be/11fFoPBAmCY

February 26th: https://youtu.be/5AncyuPOkRs
February 27th:  https://youtu.be/eA18mepkK88
February 28th:

January 18th - A Week in Review

Tomorrow is the Walled Lake Schools' Annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Walled Lake Northern High School.  All schools in the district have created displays to show honor to Women Heroes in our community.  The event begins at 5pm and there is NO COST.  Please consider supporting this event.  Below is a video with more information:

Science

We have been continuing to learn about environments.  This week we spent a lot of time learning how organisms interact in an ecosystems.  We have learned about how food chains can be combined into a food web.  On Friday, we planted 4 common crops to study the effects of water and salt tolerance on early plant growth.  Be sure to ask your child about our "crops".

Language Arts

We are continuing to work on our "Writing About History" writing projects.  Your child is beginning to work on their 2nd subheading and will complete two more.  Your child can access their work from home in goggle classroom.  They can share with you what has been completed so far, if you are interested.  In Reading, we are continuing to think deeply about the characters in their stories.  Comprehension is the key to reading.  We will continue to think about character traits and develop "theories" that we have about the characters.  Your child will then be learning how to support the theory with evidence from the text.

Math

We are going to finish up unit 4 this week - Multi-digit Multiplication.  The children have done a really nice job using the partitioned rectangle to make sense of this idea.  A review will go home with your child at the end of the week.  The BA will be on Tuesday, January 29th.

January WLE TV

January 15th:  https://youtu.be/f0th8zAx8gU
January 16th:  https://youtu.be/bYTLpSdDtO8
January 17th:  https://youtu.be/sncC6LmvOt8
                  MLK Promotional Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRTWRLhAN38&feature=youtu.be


January 22nd:  https://youtu.be/wOvnhSIr-mc
January 23rd:  No SCHOOL
January 24th:  https://youtu.be/ptLuLRvJ3Ng

January 29th:
January 30th:
January 31st:

December 7th - Week in Review

Literacy-

In Reader's Workshop, we are continuing to study characters.  We have been looking for evidence to support thinking about they type of person that the character's in our books are.  These ideas will help us understand the life lessons that can be learned from reading a book.

In writer's workshop, we have just begun our new unit - Writing About History.  Your child was able to choose from one of three topics that are included in our social studies unit (Westward Expansion, The Underground Railroad, and Orphan Trains).  This week was all about getting organized.  We picked subtopics to write about and got our drafting papers organized.  Next week, we will begin researching our subtopics and organizing the information that we learned into paragraphs.

Math - 

In math we are continuing to learn about fractions.  This is our introductory unit.  Your child will learn about equal shares, equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, and decimal fractions.  In a few months we will learn about how to add and subtract fractions.  We will wrap up the unit at the end of next week and the BA will be right before the holiday break.

Social Studies - 

This current unit is centered around immigration and migration.  They will learn about how the US culture has been influenced by immigration.  We will discuss reasons why people move from place to place.  They were surprised to find out that many of the reasons for movement hundreds of years ago, still ring true today! Please take some time to talk with your child about your family culture and how your family members immigrated to the United States.  We will finish this unit next week and the BA will be before the holiday break.

Science - 

We will begin our new science unit next week - Environments.  Many parents have asked me how to support their child with the science concepts.  We have an amazing resource available to us from Foss (our science curriculum materials).  https://www.fossweb.com/

The Foss website has access to all of the readings that we do in class.  Students can also re-watch videos that we have seen in class.  Additionally, there are online activities and tutorials that go along with the curriculum.  Your child has the username and password for this website on the label in their planners.  It is placed in their planner on your child's birthday!

Holiday Celebration-

In room 17, your children have decided that they would like to have a POPCORN bar and watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas on our last day before vacation (December 21st).  A sign-up genius is included below for item donations!  We thank you in advance for your support!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4aa4aa229-popcorn1

SPIRIT WEEK - DECEMBER 17-21

• Monday - WLE Spirit Wear
• Tuesday - PJ/Slipper Day - We will be having a read in during Readers' Workshop, your child can bring a blanket to sit on if they wish.
• Wednesday - Holiday Best
• Thursday - Holiday Sing Along (featuring our Glee Club)
• Friday - Holiday Fun

December WLE TV

December 4th:  https://youtu.be/KdTA9AWDY-I
December 5th:  https://youtu.be/POX5xgiAFWM
December 6th:  https://youtu.be/hl69hSQJRf4

December 11th:  https://youtu.be/enAUTbbvVTw
December 12th:  https://youtu.be/Oj48YoCvx8Q
December 13th:  https://youtu.be/RUwaHv5fcI0

December 18th:  https://youtu.be/_m6GZ1gpzP0
December 19th:  https://youtu.be/h9iGqFMln90
December 20th:  https://youtu.be/LO_Tq9OQAAI

THE NEW NEWS CREW WILL BEGIN ON JANUARY 8th!

New Crew Application

Calling all 4th and 5th Graders!!!
If you would like to be on the news crew for the school year, now is the time to apply!  The applications are due by Friday, December 7th!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNo6qX71dGeW0GxKca7dfp76vh_xs35cGY4mH241Kj9N_eZg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please keep these things in mind before applying:
There will be 2 more News Crews this year. 
                  -January 7, 2019 - March 29, 2019
                  -April 8, 2019 - June 7, 2019
Requirements:
• Must be able to arrive to school early on assigned days.
• WLE TV will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and  Thursday.
• WLE MORNING RADIO will be on Monday and Friday.
• Must be a good team player.
Reporters WRITE and PRACTICE their reports at home and bring them to school on their assigned news day ready to report.


Arrival times:
-Director and Anchors arrive to WLE at 8:20am.
-Reporters, computer operators and camera person arrive to WLE at 8:30am.
-WLE MORNING RADIO ANCHOR - Comes to school at normal arrival time (not early).

November 8th - A Week in Review

WLE Free Little Library

The WLE library is now open for business.  If your child would like to borrow a book from the Little Library, they can.  This was a gift from our 5th graders last year and it is now available for your child!

Science - Transfer of Energy

In Science we have been doing some really sophisticated thinking about how waves transfer energy.  Please have your child explain the vocabulary that we learned this week.  I have included pictures to help your child with their explanation.

Wave Length
Amplitude
Peak
Trough
Also consider asking your child why there is no sound in space:)

This whole unit has been about energy transfer.  We will be completing the unit in the coming weeks and the BA is scheduled for November 30th.

Math BA - 

The Math BA will be on Wednesday (11/14) next week.  Today, your child identified areas that they would like to practice from now until Wednesday.  We specifically worked on how to write problems for ourselves to complete.  This is probably one of the best ways to practice.  They can ask for help from you, but writing problems is a skill that requires understanding and can help cement learning concepts for your child.

Halloween Pictures:

Please enjoy Halloween pictures from our Halloween celebration last week.