- We are working on Chapter 10: Convert Units of Measure.
- We will complete lessons 10.2-10.4 this week.
- 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.
- Small Group Reading
- Students will be placed into leveled small groups based on the results of their Unit 4 assessments.
- Students will be reading the following books this week: Maasai Dreamer: A Story from Kenya, Escaping the Giant Wave, Hannah West in Deep Water, Flood.
- 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 why is water so important. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their science grades.
- Reading
- Unit 5 is entitled Every Drop. Students will be working to answer the question: Why is water so important? This unit will focus on science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' science grades.
- Students will be reading the realistic fiction story My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Cristina Kessler.
- Comprehension skills for this week are: character, make connections, onomatopoeia.
- The test will be on Tuesday, February 28th.
- Unit 5 is entitled Every Drop. Students will be working to answer the question: Why is water so important? This unit will focus on science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' science grades.
- The writing project for this week will be to write a dialogue. This is the prompt: A playwright is looking for a story with interesting characters and good dialogue that she can convert into a play set in the Sudan. Write story dialogue that will capture the playwright's interest.
- Due Tuesday, February 27th.
- Students will be graded according to the writing rubric which can be found on the top right corner of this page.
Spelling- This week we will be working on spelling words with r-controlled vowels and commonly misspelled words.
- The words are: admiral, allergy, burden, corridor, deliver, filter, furrow, gorgeous, harbor, particles, resort, snorkel, submerge, surge, virtually, beach, beech, real, reel.
- The spelling test will be on Tuesday, February 28th.
Grammar- Students will be working on capitalizing proper adjectives and using irregular comparison adjectives.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The grammar test will be on Thursday, February 28th.
- We are reading the book, The Serpent Never Sleeps by Scott O'Dell. We have begun a research project based on this book. Students received a handout giving them different topic choices. Student must write a report on their chosen topic and report it to the class. Students will be graded according to the writing rubric. Projects are due on Monday, February 27th.
Science - Our school has adopted a new science program, Interactive Science!
- We are working on Chapter 1: Properties of Matter this week.