Friday, December 12, 2014

Thanks to the PTO for putting on the Book Fair!





A Look at Next Week:
Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 6, "Life in the English Colonies."

ELA
Reading- We will continue to work in our ELA centers during Daily 3.  We will continue to do a close read of Chapter 6 in Touching Spirit Bear.  Not only will we be looking at different challenges that are being faced in this chapter, but also on different characters perspectives.
Essential Questions:  
How can challenges affect yourself and those around you (i.e family, friends, etc)?
How do characters, real and fictional, respond to challenges  (both positively & negatively)?
How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?

Word WorkSpelling:  Students will not have Spelling this week, due to changes in our daily schedule.
Vocabulary-  Students will continue to create tableaux of their words, and work on a few skits.

Language Arts- Students will continue to work on their punctuation unit.

Science- Students will be learning about the barn owl, in preparation for our owl pellet lab.
Essential Questions:  How do organisms compete and survive in an ecosystem? How do ecosystems change over time? How do people affect ecosystems?

Math-  We will be taking a quiz on Monday on Lessons 6.1-6.5, which cover multiplying decimals.  We will also continue to review multiplication skills.

Important Days:
Tuesday- Early Dismissal, Festive Shirt Day, Winter Concert 10-10:45 AM
Wednesday- Bowling Field Trip
Friday- Tivoli Field Trip

Have a great weekend!