A Peek at This Week

 

Halloween

 A Look at This Week:

ELA:  

Reading- We will review context clues, and vocabulary for our next story, A Boy Called Slow.

Word Work- Students will begin to work with Word Work List 4 word parts: aud, cardio, de, duct, hydro, and quad.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life from our character's point of view.

Math: Students will be using money models to add and subtract fractions.

Science:  Students will be discovering why the patterns in the night sky change throughout the year.

Social Studies:  Students will finish discussing the 5 themes of Geography.  Then we will begin Chapter 5, "The 13 English Colonies."

Important Dates

Wednesday- 11:30 Early Dismissal

Friday- Bingo Night

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

A Peek at This Week

  A Look at This Week:

ELA:

Reading- Students will continue to go over the elements of a short story and themes of a story.

Word Work- Students will continue to work with their List 3 word parts:  astro, auto, ject, post, spect and tri.  They will take their Word Work List 3 Assessment on Wednesday.

Writing- Students will continue to journal about small moments in our life.

Math: Students will begin Unit 2, which focuses on adding and subtracting fractions.  We will reflect on our Unit 1 test, take our Unit 2 pre-assessment, and begin our first lessons that look at money as fractions.

Science:  Students will be writing a Scientific Explanation, using evidence from different models.

Social Studies:  Students will begin to look at the 5 themes of geography:  location, place, human-environment interaction, movement,  and region.

Important Dates

Monday- Parent/Teacher Conferences; Spirit Day: Wear Yellow or Green

Tuesday- Spirit Day:  Wear Red 

Wednesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences; Spirit Day:  Wear Blue

Thursday- Spirit Day: Wear any Color of the Rainbow

Friday- Bring Halloween Costume; Spirit Day:  Wear Orange

I hope you all have a wonderful week!