- Math
- We are working on Chapter7: Multiply Fractions.
- We will complete lessons 7.2-7.6 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 3 assessments.
- Students will be reading the following books this week: The Anti-Slavery Movement, Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass, The Great Migration and The House of Dies Drear. Students will also be completing learning stations during our small group reading time. All of these activities go along with our Unit 4 theme of justice. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their social studies grades.
- Reading
- Unit 4 is entitled Justice. Students will be working to answer the question: What is justice? 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 history article, Journey to Freedom, by Peter Winkler.
- Comprehension skills for this week are: interpret figurative language, make inferences, interpret metaphor, compare figurative language, analyze viewpoints.
- The test will be on Tuesday, December 13th.
- Unit 4 is entitled Justice. Students will be working to answer the question: What is justice? 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.
- The writing project for this week will be to write an opinion. This is the prompt: You are a student contributor to a local newspaper. Write an opinion for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Use examples to address these questions: Why are the actions of individuals important? How can one person make a difference?
- Due Wednesday, December 14th.
- 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 long e and long o and commonly misspelled words.
- The words are: bestow, committee, creed, degree, eagerness, goals, hoax, impeach, increased, narrow, proceedings, repeal, retreet, seeking, treatment, capital, capitol, loan, lone.
- The spelling test will be on Wednesday, December 14th.
Grammar- Students will be working on using linking verbs and present-tense action verbs.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The grammar test will be on Wednesday, December 14th.
- We will be reading the book, Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Science - We will go back to studying the human body. We will be learning about the muscles of the body and be learning to distinguish between voluntary and involuntary responses. Students will be working in groups to make a chart of the various skeletal muscles in the body.