A Peek at this Week

A Look at Next Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will be writing responses to our reading questions using the R.(restate)A.(answer)C.(cite evidence)E.(Explain) strategy, and we will be reviewing similes and metaphors.
Language Arts- We will continue to work on building our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  We will also continue to use different strategies for coming up with topics to write about during our Work on Writing station.  We will also be discussing different strategies for writing hooks.
Word Work- We will be taking our Word Work List 1 assessment on Wednesday.  List 1 word parts: aqua, bio, uni, man, pre,  and phone

Science-  We will continue our discussion on the idea of scale, and how far away Earth is to the different stars in our galaxy.

Social Studies- We will take our Chapter 4 Social Studies test on Friday.

Math-  We have finished Unit 6, Module 2:  "Classifying Polygons", and begin Module 3: "Volume."

Important Days:
Wednesday- Early Dismissal (11:00), and Spirit Day- Favorite Football Shirt

Have a wonderful week!!!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will continue to learn our classroom routines and expectations, as well as working on inferencing, using context clues to draw conclusions from the text, and we will introduce visualization.
Language Arts- We will continue work on building our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  We will also continue to use different strategies for coming up with topics to write about during our Work on Writing station.
Word Work- We will be working with Word Work List 1 word parts: aqua, bio, uni, man, pre,  and phone

Science-  We will be working on Lesson 1.3 in our unit "Patterns of Earth and Sky".  Students will read a book called "How big is big?  How far is far?"  We will then discuss the idea of scale, and how far away Earth is to the different stars in our galaxy.

Social Studies- We will continue to discuss Lesson 4.2 "Different Worlds Collide," and we will read Lesson 4.3 "Life in New Spain."

Math-  We will finish Unit 6, Module 1:  "Graphing Ordered Pairs", and take a checkpoint quiz on Thursday.   

Important Days:
Monday- Magazine Drive Kick-off
Friday- Team66 Education Foundation presents the Kelly Miller Circus @PV

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Welcome Back!

Welcome to a new school year!  I hope everyone is finally settling in.  Thank you to all that were able to come out for Curriculum Night, it was great to see everyone!  

A Look at Next Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will continue to learn our classroom routines and expectations, as well as working on inferencing, and differentiating between the main idea (gist) and a summary.  We will practice summarizing both fiction and non-fiction texts using a graphic graphic organizer.  For fictional texts we will ask the 6 main questions:  Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?  For the non-fiction texts we will use IPOP:  Important Points Only, Please!

Language Arts- We will continue work on building our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  We will also be learning different strategies for coming up with topics to write about, and this week we will be focusing on making lists.  

Science-  We will be working on Lesson 1.2 in our unit "Patterns of Earth and Sky".  Students will use a model and online simulation to investigate this question:  Why don't we see a lot of stars during the daytime?

Math-  We will begin Unit 6, Module 1:  "Graphing Ordered Pairs."  We will be discovering, describing and graphing different patterns.

Important Days:
Monday- No School, Labor Day

Have a wonderful weekend!!!