- Math
- We are finishing Chapter 9: Patterns and Graphing
- We will complete lessons 9.7-Chapter Review this week.
- On Wednesday, students will complete the Chapter 9 Test.
- On Thursday, we will begin Chapter 10: Convert Units of Measure.
- 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: Deserts, Rivers and Lakes, Wetlands, Droughts.
- 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 science article, Picturing the Pantanal by Lisa Berti.
- Comprehension skills for this week are: explain relationships between ideas, make connections, compare texts, explain relationships between events, determine main idea.
- The test will be on Wednesday, February 15th.
- 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 blog. This is the prompt: You are a student who wants to tell your classmates about why clean water is important. Start a blog about actions to take to keep water clean.
- Due Thursday, February 16th.
- 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 u and commonly misspelled words.
- The words are: blueprint, cued, clueless, cruise, duel, ensue, lawsuit, pursue, recruit, rue, ruin, sluice, subdue, suitor, issue, fewer, less, greater, more.
- The spelling test will be on Thursday, February 16th.
Grammar- Students will be working on using 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 16th.
- We are reading the book, The Serpent Never Sleeps by Scott O'Dell.
Science - Our school has adopted a new science program, Interactive Science!
- We are working on Chapter 1: Properties of Matter this week.