Halloween Party

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at This Week:

Social Studies- Students will finish taking notes on Lesson 5.1, "Hard Times in Virginia."  Then we will read Lesson 5.2, "New European Colonies."

Science- Students will take an open-note assessment on Lesson 6.1, "How do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem," on Tuesday.  Then they will read Lesson 6.2, "How do Ecosystems Change Over Time?" 

ELA

Reading- We will read Chapter 6 in Touching Spirit Bear.  We will focus on point of view, and looking at the same story from different perspectives.

Essential Questions:

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges (both positively and negatively)?

How can challenges affect yourself and the world around you?

Word Work-  Students will work with our vocabulary from Touching Spirit Bear: taunted, smirk, respect, juvenile, delinquent, and defiantly.

Language Arts- Students will revise their second drafts of their narratives, and will be working with prepositions.

Math-  Students will continue to work on Lesson 2.2, "Introducing Common Denominators."  They are finding equivalent fractions by working on word problems, and discussing their strategies in class forums.

Have a great weekend!

Columbian Exchange Presentations

Columbian Exchange Presentations

A Look at This Week:

Social Studies- Students will begin to look at Chapter 5, "The Struggle to Found Colonies."  They will read and take notes on Lesson 5.1, "Hard Times in Virginia."

Science- Students will begin to read Chapter 6, "Ecosystems and Change."  Students will read and take notes on Lesson 6.1, "How do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem." 

ELA

Reading- We will continue to cite evidence from the text when analyzing and answering questions.  We will also be reviewing similes and metaphors, and finding the definition of words using context clues.

Essential Questions:

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges (both positively and negatively)?

How can challenges affect yourself and the world around you?

Word Work-  Students will take a quiz on our third list of Word Work roots on Tuesday.  The words are:  astro, ject, spec/spect, see, auto, post, and tri.

Language Arts- Students will fill out their graphic organizer, and write the first draft of their narrative.  They will focus on keeping their writing concise, and using an interesting hook at the beginning of their stories.  

Math-  Students will finish Lesson 2.1, "Adding and Subtracting Fractions."  Then they will move on to Lesson 2.2, "Introducing Common Denominators."  In this lesson they will discover strategies to find common denominators through a series of problem strings, and investigations.

Have a great weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at This Week:

Social Studies- Students will present their slide show on the Columbian Exchange, create Aztec masks, and begin to preview Chapter 5.
Essential Questions:  
How can one country impact another?
What can we learn from the Columbian Exchange that has impacted other countries today?

Science- Students will review Chapter 5 and take a test on Thursday. 
Essential Questions: 
How do plants produce food?
How is energy passed through an ecosystem?

ELA

Reading- We will finish discussing A Boy Called Slow.  We will also continue to cite evidence from the text when analyzing and answering questions.

Essential Questions:

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges (both positively and negatively)?

How can challenges affect yourself and the world around you?

Word Work-  Students will take a quiz on our second list of Word Work roots on Tuesday.  Then we will begin working from our third list of words:  astro, ject, spec/spect, see, auto, post, and tri.

Language Arts- Students will begin writing a narrative.  They will be brainstorming, journaling, and organizing their thoughts in a graphic organizer.

Math-  Students will take their Unit 1 test on Wednesday.  They will then begin Unit 2 "Adding and Subtracting Fractions."  We will be demonstrating this skill by using money as a model.

Important Days:
Monday- No School- Columbus Day

Thursday- Book Fair and Taffy Apples 6:30-8:00

Have a great weekend!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at This Week:

Social Studies- Students will continue to research and create their presentation on the Columbian Exchange.
Essential Questions:  
How can one country impact another?
What can we learn from the Columbian Exchange that has impacted other countries today?

Science- Students will finish their Science Song and the review the chapter.  
Essential Questions: 
How do plants produce food?
How is energy passed through an ecosystem?

ELA

Reading- We will be reading A Boy Called Slow, and we will be reviewing parts of a short story.  We will also continue to work on summarizing articles.  

Essential Questions:

How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges (both positively and negatively)?

How can challenges affect yourself and the world around you?

Word Work-  We will continue to work with our second list of root-words, prefixes, or suffixes which include:  alter, bi, logy/ology, anti, geo, and script/scrib. Our vocabulary words from A Boy Called Slow include: determination, custom, extended, reputation, triumph, inherited, travois, and coup stick.

Language Arts- Students will take their quiz on commas on Monday.  They will also practice making hooks or attention-getters that come at the beginning of a piece of writing.  This is in preparation for our narrative unit.  Then for grammar this week, we will be focusing on simple, compound, and complex sentences, and the proper way to write a title.

Math-  We will continue to review our multiplication strategies, and reinforce them through games in centers.  We will also continue to work on division using models, and will work on interpreting the remainders.

Important Days:
Tuesday- Picture Day

Friday- Early Dismissal at 11:35

Have a great weekend!