Homework for the week

Here is the HW for the week: Homework

5/6 - First day of our Artist in Residency program! (Thank for supporting Run for the Arts!)

Dear Families,

This week as part of IB we finished our unit on Bridges. Students, during this unit, have built bridges, done scientific experiments with bridges, read all about the history of bridges in Portland and much more. We will be doing a walking tour of some Portland Bridges later in late May.

We continued working on the writing portion of SBAC this week. Next up will be the math portion of the test and the math work sample! Students are doing really well, staying focused and working hard on the tests. 

Our Inquiry and questions about bridges! 

Our next unit is all about Where We Are In Time and Place. We are learning all about Portland! Students have many questions that will be guiding our inquiry into our city and how our city connects to the world! 

In math we are studying the relationship with area and perimeter. Ask your child can the area of a shape stay the same, but the perimeter change? What types of jobs use this information? Ask your child what they did with the pink square to prove that the perimeter could change with the same area! We also continue to study the different types of shapes. Your child should know the definitions of all of these shapes. Please ask them to show you your flash cards and quiz them on the shapes! 

 

For Earth Day the students created a classroom display on ways of helping the Earth. Come and check out our bulletin board! -

Our Earth Day display

Have a wonderful and restful weekend,

Sacha