February 20-22

We filled our marble jar! The kids have voted to have a pajama/gum/electronic day. We will have our celebration this Friday. If your child brings in an electronic, please write a note showing me they have permission to have the device at school; if you already signed an e-reader form and they are bringing in that device, you do not need to write a note.

 

Spelling: No spelling this week.

 

5H Math: This week students will get back their unit 6 math tests. We will take some time to review interpreting line plots before students will get their tests back. Students will also complete another "transfer task" which requires them to apply several skills from the unit. We will begin unit 7 by reviewing powers of ten.

 

Reading/Writing: Last week students read about whether pennies should be retired through reading in their Time for Kids and on several web sites. This week students will use this information to write an opinion piece using their gathered facts as evidence for their opinion.

 

Students will be responding to questions about our read aloud Wonder this week. Students will be asked to analyze and compare the courage of different characters in the book.

 

Grammar: This week, we will review the parts of speech we have learned about so far this year: nouns, pronouns, adjectives and articles, and the different types of verbs. We started learning a song last week to memorize the helping verbs. See if your child can tell you what each of these parts of speech does in a sentence...

Social Studies: Last week students read and watched a video about the growing tensions between Great Britain and the colonies. This week we will begin to learn more about the important events and people during the Revolutionary War. Soon students will be asked to write about whether learning about the Revolutionary War was easier through reading and discussion or through watching the video.