- We will begin the year with a unit on the human body.
- Students are working on an inquiry project in which they will explore an area of the body that interests them. They will be able to choose from the following areas: breathing, heartbeat, senses, other human features. Students will then design and implement an experiment to learn about their chosen area. Most of the work for this project will be done during class time, however, students may need to finish some of the project at home. The project is due 8/20/15.
Reading
- Unit 1 is entitled Crossing Between Cultures. Students will be working to answer the question: How can where you are change who you are? This unit will focus on social studies concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' social studies grades.
- Students will be reading the autobiography, A Refugee Remembers by John Bul Dau.
- Comprehension skills for this week are: compare and contrast, monitor and clarify, interpret figurative language, and compare point of view. The test over these skills will be on Wednesday, August 19.
Writing
- Unit 1 is entitled Crossing Between Cultures. Students will be working to answer the question: How can where you are change who you are? This unit will focus on social studies concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' social studies grades.
- This week's writing assignment will be to research immigration. This is the prompt: Choose a country outside of the United States. Find out why people might immigrate from there to here. Then imagine you are one of those immigrants. Share with the class your decision to come to the United States.
- We will work on this project 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 Wednesday, August 19.
Spelling
- This week we will be working on spelling words with Short i, u and using commonly misspelled words correctly.
- The words are: adjustment, bluntly, bundles, cherish, civilization, classic, destiny, distinctive, discrimination, festivity, impression, insult, suppress, triumph, uproar, idle, idol, idyll.
- The spelling test will be on Wednesday, August 19.
Grammar
- Students will be working on using negative sentences and correlative conjunctions.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The grammar test will be on Wednesday, August 19.
Math
- Chapter 1 will focus on place value, multiplication, and expressions.
- The Chapter 1 Test will be on Monday, August 17.
- We will begin Chapter 2 on Tuesday. Chapter 2 will cover dividing whole numbers.
- We will complete lesson 2.1-2.4 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 reading pretest.
- Students will be reading the following books this week: Chinese Immigration, German-Jewish Immigration, Escape from Saigon.
- Students will also be completing learning stations during our small group reading time. All of these activities go along with our Unit 1 theme of crossing between cultures. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their social studies grades.