Halloween Party
ELA:
Writer's Workshop: We will continue to revise our narratives. Students will be making sure that they have all the elements of a short story in their writing.
Reading Skills: We will finish reading "The Science Behind Sight," and will be working on our summarizing skills.
Essential Question: How do people and animals use their senses to navigate the world?
Essential Vocab: perception, aroma, distinguish, tactile
Word Work: Students will continue to work with our new vocabulary words, by defining the word, drawing a picture of the word, finding synonyms and antonyms, and writing them in sentences. Our vocabulary words are luminous, transparent, reflect, illuminates, and judge. They will also continue to work on the spelling of words with short and long -o vowel sounds.
Science: We will be exploring different Mystery Science lessons that are fall themed.
Social Studies: We have taken a break from studying the Midwest this last week and have instead done a short unit on voting. We have discussed different class topics, created arguments, and chosen candidates to run for a mock election. On Monday we will have our class debate and vote.
Math: Students continue to work on multiplication of double digits numbers. This week we will practice using our double and halving strategies.
Important Days this Week:
Tuesday- No School