A Peek at Next Week

A Look at Next Week:

Social Studies- We will read and take notes on Lessons 7.1 "The Spanish Move North," and 7.2 "French Exploration of the Mississippi."

ELA
Reading- Students will continue our new unit, "Nature's Fury."  We will continue to discuss earthquakes and hurricanes, and what constitutes a natural disaster.
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 Work- Spelling:  Students will be studying Lesson 23, 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, and will work on a winter haiku.

Science- Our Lesson 11.2 open-note assessment has been pushed back to Tuesday.  We will then move on to Lesson 11.3, which is about tools to help measure weather, and weather patterns.
Essential Questions:  What causes weather?
What conditions affect the water cycle?
How can patterns in weather be observed?

Math-  We will begin Chapter 4 "Dividing by a Two-Digit Divisor."  We will be working on estimating quotients, and using estimation to help us find the exact quotient.

Important Days:

Monday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday- Parent/Teacher Conferences
Wednesday- Early Dismissal
Thursday- Valentine's Day Party
Friday- No School

Have a great weekend!