Kids did a great job focusing last week during ISATs and doing their best on their tests!
This Tuesday we will go to the Paramount Theater to enjoy a play on the Civil War. Before we go, we will discuss the Civil War and afterward kids will compare and contrast what they learned about the Civil War to what they know about the American Revolution. There will be no hot lunch Tuesday because of the field trip. I am still hoping to get a few permission slips back.
Spelling: Students will receive their spelling lists tomorrow, spelling test Friday!
5H Math: We will wrap up unit 7 in the next two weeks. Students will take the test the last 2 days before spring break. We will start the week by representing numbers in different ways: standard (8), exponential (2^5), scientific notation (3.2 x 10^3), and number and word notation ( 7 thousand). Students will have to be flexible to convert between these different ways of representing numbers.
Students will also be asked to think about how 6 thousands is equal to 60 hundreds problems similar to this. We will spend the rest of the week understanding the order of operations in equations and writing multi-step equations using the order of operation rules.
I have added a couple more links in the math tab that should be helpful. I will let the students know, and post on the blog, when there will be study sessions.
Reading/Writing: Because of the snow day, I told the kids they have until Tuesday morning to turn in their research writing. They will have a little time tomorrow to do some typing and will need to finish at home if they don't complete their papers in school.
We will be reading and writing a variety of things this week. We've analyzed poems as a whole group, and this week students will have a chance to do this independently. We will write in response to our read aloud, Wonder. Also, I will read aloud a picture book and ask the kids to decide if the main character showed courage or another virtue? Students will need to provide evidence to support their answers. We will also spend a couple days reading through a Time for Kids magazine.
Grammar: This week we will review the parts of speech we've learned about so far (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, articles, and different types of verbs). Students will be cutting words from magazines, sorting into parts of speech and creating a collage. :)
Social Studies: The kids are finishing up reading "George vs. George" early this week and then students will have a written assessment on the American Revolution. Students will start the assessment on Wednesday and will also have time on Thursday. Students will be able to use their notes they've taken from various sources to help them answer the questions. It would be helpful to have a discussion with your child about what they've learned about the American Revolution. We've focused on causes and effects, major events of the war, important people, different points of view (loyalists, patriots, George Washington, King George).
Science: We will begin to study the digestive system this week as well as discuss health and diet. Students will learn about the process of digestion and the major organs involved. Students will get a homework assignment Wednesday that will be due Friday. They will need to research some of the organs involved in the digestion process. Also, if kids could bring 2 labels from foods they enjoy by Friday, we will be doing an activity that requires us to analyze the contents of the foods we enjoy..sometimes scary!
This Tuesday we will go to the Paramount Theater to enjoy a play on the Civil War. Before we go, we will discuss the Civil War and afterward kids will compare and contrast what they learned about the Civil War to what they know about the American Revolution. There will be no hot lunch Tuesday because of the field trip. I am still hoping to get a few permission slips back.
Spelling: Students will receive their spelling lists tomorrow, spelling test Friday!
5H Math: We will wrap up unit 7 in the next two weeks. Students will take the test the last 2 days before spring break. We will start the week by representing numbers in different ways: standard (8), exponential (2^5), scientific notation (3.2 x 10^3), and number and word notation ( 7 thousand). Students will have to be flexible to convert between these different ways of representing numbers.
Students will also be asked to think about how 6 thousands is equal to 60 hundreds problems similar to this. We will spend the rest of the week understanding the order of operations in equations and writing multi-step equations using the order of operation rules.
I have added a couple more links in the math tab that should be helpful. I will let the students know, and post on the blog, when there will be study sessions.
Reading/Writing: Because of the snow day, I told the kids they have until Tuesday morning to turn in their research writing. They will have a little time tomorrow to do some typing and will need to finish at home if they don't complete their papers in school.
We will be reading and writing a variety of things this week. We've analyzed poems as a whole group, and this week students will have a chance to do this independently. We will write in response to our read aloud, Wonder. Also, I will read aloud a picture book and ask the kids to decide if the main character showed courage or another virtue? Students will need to provide evidence to support their answers. We will also spend a couple days reading through a Time for Kids magazine.
Grammar: This week we will review the parts of speech we've learned about so far (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, articles, and different types of verbs). Students will be cutting words from magazines, sorting into parts of speech and creating a collage. :)
Social Studies: The kids are finishing up reading "George vs. George" early this week and then students will have a written assessment on the American Revolution. Students will start the assessment on Wednesday and will also have time on Thursday. Students will be able to use their notes they've taken from various sources to help them answer the questions. It would be helpful to have a discussion with your child about what they've learned about the American Revolution. We've focused on causes and effects, major events of the war, important people, different points of view (loyalists, patriots, George Washington, King George).
Science: We will begin to study the digestive system this week as well as discuss health and diet. Students will learn about the process of digestion and the major organs involved. Students will get a homework assignment Wednesday that will be due Friday. They will need to research some of the organs involved in the digestion process. Also, if kids could bring 2 labels from foods they enjoy by Friday, we will be doing an activity that requires us to analyze the contents of the foods we enjoy..sometimes scary!
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