Weekly Reminders: *No spelling pretest this week.
*Chapter 6 Social Studies Test on Monday.
*Bowling Test on Tuesday.
*Chapter 2 Science Test on Wednesday.
*Bowling field trip on Thursday - 12:00-2:15.
*No spelling test on Friday ---HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
*Tivoli field trip on Friday - 11:15-2:15. Students may bring sack lunch or buy hot lunch.
*Holiday Break - December 21 - January 1. Return to school on January 4.
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Hot Lunch News:
Please be advised that as of January 4, 2010 there will be a price increase in the student hot lunch program. The price of hot lunch will be $2.50 per meal.*
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - The children will take the test on Wednesday, December 16. We will also begin our next chapter this week on "Adaptations".
Items to review for the test:
*Class notes
*Key vocabulary:trait, heredity, gene, photosynthesis, life cycle, direct development, and metamorphosis
*How are traits inherited? How are traits developed? Nature vs. Nurture.
*What are the stages in the life cycle of a plant? How do plants reproduce?
What are the stages in the life cycle of an animal? How do some animals grow and develop?
Items to review for the test:
*Class notes
*Key vocabulary:trait, heredity, gene, photosynthesis, life cycle, direct development, and metamorphosis
*How are traits inherited? How are traits developed? Nature vs. Nurture.
*What are the stages in the life cycle of a plant? How do plants reproduce?
What are the stages in the life cycle of an animal? How do some animals grow and develop?
Social Studies - The chapter 6 test will be on Monday, December 14.
Items to review for test:
*Key vocabulary - barrier islands, Outer Coastal Plain, wetlands, Inner Coastal Plain, Piedmont, fall line, key. hurricane, hurricane season, endangered species, extinct, pulp, and fossil fuel.
*Identify and describe major landforms in the Southeast.
*Explain how barrier islands were formed.
*Compare and contrast landform elevations in the Southeast. (Use diagram done in class.)
*Describe the climate of the Southeast.
*Describe how hurricanes form and the effects of hurricanes.
*Explain the function of lighthouses.
*Describe the importance of protecting endangered species.
*Identify ways in which resources of the Southeast are used.
*Identify a renewable and a nonrenewable resource found in the Southeast.
*Explain why coal is an important resource in the Southeast.
*Describe a place you could visit in the Southeast. Why would you go there and what would you see and/or do? (Magic Kingdom and all related parks are closed!) Ideas: Everglades National Park, Key West, Myrtle Beach or any other place you may know of.
Items to review for test:
*Key vocabulary - barrier islands, Outer Coastal Plain, wetlands, Inner Coastal Plain, Piedmont, fall line, key. hurricane, hurricane season, endangered species, extinct, pulp, and fossil fuel.
*Identify and describe major landforms in the Southeast.
*Explain how barrier islands were formed.
*Compare and contrast landform elevations in the Southeast. (Use diagram done in class.)
*Describe the climate of the Southeast.
*Describe how hurricanes form and the effects of hurricanes.
*Explain the function of lighthouses.
*Describe the importance of protecting endangered species.
*Identify ways in which resources of the Southeast are used.
*Identify a renewable and a nonrenewable resource found in the Southeast.
*Explain why coal is an important resource in the Southeast.
*Describe a place you could visit in the Southeast. Why would you go there and what would you see and/or do? (Magic Kingdom and all related parks are closed!) Ideas: Everglades National Park, Key West, Myrtle Beach or any other place you may know of.
Spelling - We will be working with lesson 15 this week. The students will not have a spelling test on Friday. Instead, I will be collecting a couple assignments at the end of the week for a grade.
English - The children will receive their Adjective pretests back on Monday. That evening, they will need to choose their enrichment option. I will meet with each child on Tuesday to approve their enrichment choice. We will not begin this until until after winter break.
W.O.W. - We will not have W.O.W. words this week due to field trips at the end of the week.
Reading - We will be reading a wonderful novel called Sarah, Plain and Tall. The children will be working on comprehension questions about the novel. Some of the chapters will be read at home. The students may count this reading on their 100 minute chart. We will also be watching Sarah, Plain and Tall on Wednesday. This is a wonderfully done Hallmark movie.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Finish Order of Operations & do lesson on Mental Math - Patterns in Division. Homework: DR 50.
Tuesday - Estimating Quotients using compatible numbers. Homework: DR 51.
Wednesday - Divisibility Rules. Homework: DR 52.
Thursday - Open-book checkpoint. Homework: NONE!
Friday - Short math class - Holiday Math Activity. Homework: ENJOY YOUR WINTER BREAK!!!
