Friday, January 23, 2015

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Social Studies- We will finish Chapter 6 and begin reviewing for the test.

ELA
Reading- Students will continue our new unit, "Nature's Fury."  We will be doing close reads of non-fiction articles about earthquakes and hurricanes.
Essential Questions:  How does a force of nature that is far away, affect me?
How can a force of nature be both destructive and constructive at the same time?
What are forces of nature?

Word WorkSpelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 19, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will play word games on the iPad and Scrabble.

Language Arts- We will incorporate the use of quotation marks in our writing.

Science- We will finish taking notes on Lesson 11.1 and will hopefully take an open-note assessment on Thursday.
Essential Questions:  What causes weather?
What conditions affect the water cycle?
How can patterns in weather be observed?
Math-  We will be solving division problems when there are zeros in the quotients.  Students will take a quiz on Lessons 3.5 and 3.8 on Tuesday.  

Important Days:
Wednesday- 5th Grade Spelling Bee

Have a great weekend!