- Math
- We are working on Chapter 3: Add and Subtract Decimals.
- We will complete lessons 3.2-3.6 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 1 assessments.
- Students will be reading the following books this week: The Energy Stars, Ben Franklin's Fame, Little Blog on the Prairie, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
- Students will also be completing learning stations during our small group reading time. All of these activities go along with our Unit 2 theme catching the light. Students will turn in a packet of their work which will also count toward their science grades.
- Reading
- Unit 2 is entitled Catching the Light. Students will be working to answer the question: What is the power of the sun? 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 origin myth, How the Fifth Sun Came to Be retold by Lulu Delacre.
- Comprehension skills for this week are: compare characters, comprehend questions, compare myths, compare story events.
- The test over these skills will be on Monday, September 19th.
- Unit 2 is entitled Catching the Light. Students will be working to answer the question: What is the power of the sun? This unit will focus on science concepts as well so some of the assignments during this unit will count toward students' science grades.
- This week's writing project will be to write a compare-contrast essay. This is the prompt: You are writing an essay about ancient Mexico for a magazine. Choose two different gods from "How the Fifth Sun Came to Be." Compare their roles and actions. Tell how they are alike and different.
- We will be working on this project at school, 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 Monday, September 19th.
Spelling- This week we will be working on spelling words with digraphs ck, sh and using commonly misspelled words correctly.
- The words are: anguish, backfire, bicker, gimmick, harsh, homesick, lackluster, perish, shattering, shawl, shielded, shimmer, shrine, stricken, threshold, aisle, I'll, isle.
- The spelling test will be on Monday, September 19th.
Grammar- Students will be working on using introductory elements and punctuate elements with commas.
- Students are encouraged to take good grammar notes and to review their notes before each test.
- The grammar test will be on Monday, September 19th.
- We will be reading the book Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez.
Geography- We will begin a new unit on Maps of the USA. We will be practicing reading maps and answering questions about them during class. We will be moving on to labeling the states and capitals this week.
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