A Peek at Next Week

A Look at this Week:

Social Studies- Students will finish discussing Lesson 7.3 "The French and Indian War."  They will then begin reviewing Chapter 7.

Science- Students will be taking a Chapter 11 Test on Wednesday.  

ELA
Reading and Language Arts- Students will be reading a story called Eight Days, about the earthquake in Haiti.  Students will be working on taking different points of view and perspectives of the different characters in the story.

Word Work-  Students will begin List 9:  biblio, dis, demo, mal, mono, and therm.

Math-  Students will begin Unit 4, "Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers and Decimals."  Students will be learning the half-tens, and double/halving strategies to multiply numbers.

Important Days:

Sunday-  Daylight Savings
Tuesday- No School (Election Day)
Thursday- St. Patrick's Day!

Have a wonderful week!!

Happy Valentine's Day

The Valentine's Day Party:

A Look at this Week:

Social Studies- Students will be reviewing and then taking their test on Chapter 6 on Thursday.

Science- We will begin Lesson 11.3 "How Can Weather Patterns Be Observed?"

ELA
Reading and Language Arts- Students will be making inferences while they continue to read about Natural Disasters.  They will also be learning about the present-perfect verb tense, and will be incorporating that tense into their writing.

Word Work-  Students will begin List 8:  dict, metri/meter, poly, sub, tele, and un. 

Math-  Students will be working on conversions.  They will be converting numbers within the metric system, continue to add and subtract decimals, and will continue to round decimals to different place values.

Important Days:

Friday- No School

Monday-  No School- Presidents' Day

Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Wednesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thursday- Spring Picture Day

Have a wonderful weekend!!

The Trade Fair

A Peek at this Week

A Look at this Week:

Social Studies- Students are beginning Lesson 6.3 "Everyday Life in the Colonies." They are also preparing for the Trade Fair on Wednesday.  Students will need to bring in their item(s), and sign.  Please remember if they are bringing in food it needs to be individually wrapped, and they need to bring in a list of ingredients.

Science- We will be finishing up Lesson 11.2 "What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?"  

ELA
Reading and Language Arts- Students will be reading articles about hurricanes, and working on cause/effect.

Word Work-  Students will begin List 7:  hypo, hyper, im/in, milli, fore, and rupt.  

Math-  Students will continue to learn the place value of decimals, and relating them to fractions.  There will be a Decimal Place Value quiz on Thursday.

Important Days:

Monday-  6:00-7:00 PM PARCC Parent Night at Lakeview

Have a wonderful week!!

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- Students are finishing Lesson 6.1 "Working and Trading" in the English colonies.

Science- Students are beginning our unit on weather.  I made a mistake on our last blog, and said we would be covering energy.  However weather fits hand-in-hand with our new ELA unit, "Nature's Fury," therefore we will be doing this unit first.  We will be focusing on energy after we are done with weather and oceans.  This week students will finish Lesson 11.1 "What Causes Weather?" and will take an open-note assessment on it on Thursday.

ELA
Reading and Language Arts- Students will finish presenting their Glogs.  We will continue Unit 2, "Nature's Fury."  Students will be reading an article on earthquakes.  They will also be focusing on drawing inferences, and using text evidence when answering questions.

Word Work-  Students will continue to work on List 6:  arch, cent, graph, loc, ped/pod, and re.  They will take a quiz on this on Friday.

Math-  Students will be relating fractions to decimals and place value.

Important Days:

Tuesday- Math MAPS Testing

Wednesday- Reading MAPS Testing

Friday- Early Dismissal- Spirit Day- Comfy Sweatshirt

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Holidays!

Bowling Field Trip

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- Students are previewing and reading Chapter 6, "Life in the Colonies."

Science- Students will begin our unit on Energy.

ELA

Reading and Language Arts- Students will finish presenting their Glogs.  We will also begin Unit 2, "Nature's Fury."  Students will be talking about Natural Disasters and will be reading an article on earthquakes.

Word Work-  Students will be working on List 6:  arch, cent, graph, loc, ped/pod, and re.

Math-  Students will begin Unit 3, Module 1:  "Whole Number and Decimal Place Value."

Have a wonderful winter break!

Too Good For Drugs

TGFD with Deputy Seward

A Look at This Week:

Social Studies- Students are reviewing Chapter 5 and previewing Chapter 6.

Science- Students will dissect owl pellets on Monday.

ELA

Reading and Language Arts- Students will finish the Glog for their challenge project, and hopefully begin presenting.

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 the roots/prefixes/suffixes from  List 5 (a/an, dec, derma, photo, port, struct) on Wednesday.

Math-  Students will review adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers.

Important Days:
Tuesday- 10:00 Concert, and Early Dismissal
Wednesday-  Bowling Field Trip
Friday- Holiday Movie Field Trip

Have a wonderful weekend!