- Unit 5 is entitled Every Drop. Students will be working to answer the question: Why is water so important? This unit will focus on social studies and science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' social studies and science grades.
- This week we will be reading the science feature, One Well, by Rochelle Strauss.
- Reading comprehension skills for the week are: main idea and details, and make connections.
- The Unit 5, Week 1 reading comprehension test will be on Thursday, February 1st.
Writing
- Unit 5 is entitled Every Drop. Students will be working to answer the question: Why is water so important? This unit will focus on social studies and science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' social studies and science grades.
- This week's writing assignment will be to research water-supply problems. This is the prompt: You have been invited by the Water Crisis Committee to go on a fact-finding mission. Your job is to study the water supply in a country in crisis and report back to the committee about the problem and possible solutions. Prepare a presentation that includes a map of the country, a three-paragraph report, and at least one visual that supports the information in your report.
- We will work on this assignment during class, however, students may need to work on some of the assignment at home. Students will be graded according to the research rubric posted on the top right column of this page.
- This assignment is due on Monday, February 5th.
Spelling
- This week we will be working on spelling words long i: ie, igh, and using commonly misspelled words correctly.
- The words are: brightness, downright, eyesight, highlands, lightheaded, mightily, nighttime, outright, petrified, plight, righteous, sightseeing, tie-up, tighten, a lot, allot, amount of, number of.
- The spelling test will be on Thursday, February 1st.
Grammar
- Students will be working on using adjectives.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The Unit 4 grammar test will be on Thursday, February 1st.
Small Group Reading
- Students will be placed into leveled small groups based on the results of the Unit 4 assessments.
- Students will be finishing the following books this week: How Do We Use Water?, Why Should I Turn Off the Tap?, A Drop of Water, Not a Drop to Drink.
- Students will also be completing learning stations during our small group reading time. All of these activities go along with our Unit 5 theme of the importance of water. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their social studies and science grades.
- Students will need to take an A.R. quiz for their book.
Math
- Chapter 8: Divide Fractions.
- We will complete lessons 8.5-Chapter Review this week.
- On Wednesday, students will take the Chapter 8 Test.
- On Thursday, we will begin Chapter 9: Algebra: Patterns and Graphing.
- There will be one page of math homework assigned nightly.
- There are many resources available on ThinkCentral to help students.
- Every Friday, we will be having a multiplication timed test. Students should be practicing their multiplication facts daily.
- Our next book will be Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale.
Science
- We will begin Chapter 6: Earth and Space.
- Students will be doing lesson 3: What are the inner planets?
- This year we will be using USA Studies Weekly for our social studies content.
- Week 12: Slavery in the Colonies.
- USA Studies Weekly content can be found on the website: https://app.studiesweekly.com/online/