A Peek at this Week

A Look at this Week:

 ELA

Reading/Language Arts- Students will begin writing their magazine articles about their natural disaster. 
Word Work- Students continue to work with List 7 word parts:  hypo, hyper, im/in, milli, fore, and rupt.  We will continue to work on context clues and word etymology in Reading WIN.

Science-  We will begin Unit 2, Chapter 2, "Why do some salad dressings have sediments, and others do not?"  We will start Lesson 2.1 "Investigating Flavor Ingredients."  We will be discussing how some substances dissolve and others do not, and why that occurs.

Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 9, "The Revolutionary War."

Math-  Students will be taking the Illinois Assessment of Readiness Math tests.

Important Days

Monday- Oak Trace Nursing Home Field Trip

Wednesday- IAR Math Test 1
Thursday- IAR Math Test 2
Friday- IAR Math Test 3

Have a great week!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at next Week:

 ELA

Reading/Language Arts- Students will record their newscast about their natural disaster with Screencastify, and we will watch them as a class. 
Word Work- Students continue to work with List 7 word parts:  hypo, hyper, im/in, milli, fore, and rupt.  We will continue to work on context clues and word etymology in Reading WIN.

Science-  We will finish Unit 2, Chapter 1.  Students will will use their knowledge of molecules and models to write a scientific explanation about why the food coloring in the chromatography test separated into different dyes.  

Social Studies- We are discussing Chapter 8, "The Road to War," and will take a test on Friday.

Math-  Students are finished with Unit 3 and will take a Unit 3 test over place value and decimals on Thursday.

Important Days

Monday- Roller Skating Party 3:30-6:30

Wednesday- Names of volunteering chaperones, and the Oak Trace Nursing Home field trip permission slip is due.
Friday- Kids Heart Challenge During PE Classes

Have a great weekend!

Peek at this Week

A Look at this Week:

 ELA

Reading/Language Arts- We will begin reading the Eight Days of Haiti, and will be focusing on the different perspective and point of view of the main character.

Word Work- Students continue to work with List 6 word parts:  arch, cent, graph, loc, ped/pod, re.

Science-  We will read about the properties of molecules in a book called, "Break it Down" in Lesson 1.7.  Then we will continue on to Lesson 1.8, "Evaluating Chromatography Models."  

Social Studies- We will finish discussing and taking notes on Lesson 8.2 "The Colonists Rebel."  We will be learning about the Boston Massacre, Committee of Correspondence, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts.  

Math-  Students will to learn strategies for adding and subtracting decimals in Problem Strings.  We will also be comparing decimals, and rounding decimals.

Important Days
Wednesday- CogAT Testing
Thursday- CogAT Testing
Friday- CogAT Testing

Have a great weekend!