- 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 realistic fiction, My Great-Grandmother's Gourd, by Cristina Kessler.
- Reading comprehension skills for the week are: character, and make connections.
- The Unit 5, Week 3 reading comprehension test will be on Monday, February 26th.
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 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 Sunday. Write story dialogue that will capture the playwright's interest.
- 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 writing rubric posted on the top right column of this page.
- This assignment is due on Tuesday, February 27th.
Spelling
- This week we will be working on spelling words long i: ie, igh, and using commonly misspelled words correctly.
- 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 Monday, February 26th.
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 Unit 5, Week 3 grammar test will be on Monday, February 26th.
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: 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 the importance of water. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their and science grades.
Math
- Chapter 10: Convert Units of Measure.
- On Monday, students will take the Mid-Chapter Checkpoint covering lesson 10.1-10.4.
- This week we will complete lessons 10.5-Chapter Review.
- The Chapter 10 test will be on Monday, March 5th.
- 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 an Inquiry lesson and reviewing Chapter 6.
- This year we will be using USA Studies Weekly for our social studies content.
- Week 14: The Road to Independence.
- USA Studies Weekly content can be found on the website: https://app.studiesweekly.com/online/