Friday, January 30, 2015

A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:
Social Studies- We will take the Chapter 6 test on Tuesday, and then we will begin Chapter 7 "The Fight for a Continent."

ELA
Reading- Students will continue our new unit, "Nature's Fury."  We will continue our close reads of articles about earthquakes and hurricanes.
Essential Questions:  How does a force of nature that is far away, affect me?
How can a force of nature be both destructive and constructive at the same time?
What are forces of nature?

Word WorkSpelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 21, and will take a test on Friday.
Vocabulary-  Students will play word games on the iPad and Scrabble.

Language Arts- We will continue to incorporate the use of quotation marks in our writing.

Science- We will finish taking notes on Lesson 11.2 on the water-cycle and will hopefully take an open-note assessment on Thursday.
Essential Questions:  What causes weather?
What conditions affect the water cycle?
How can patterns in weather be observed?

Math-  We will review Chapter 3 and take our division test on Wednesday.

Important Days:
Friday- Bingo Night

Have a great weekend!