Weekly Reminders: *Second Jr. Achievement session on Monday.
*Lesson 32 spelling pretest on Monday.
*First book club discussion on Monday.
*Chapter 7, lesson 3 open-book science quiz on Monday.
*Straight A's (from 2nd trimester) recognized on Tuesday.
*Chapter 7, lesson 4 open-book science quiz on Friday.
*Lesson 32 spelling test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*Second book club discussion on Monday, May 3.
*Chapter 7 science test on Wednesday, May 5.
*Western Region map test on May 6.
*Robert Crown field trip on Monday, May 10.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will continue working on chapter 7 this week. On Monday, we will take the lesson 3 open-book quiz. In lesson 4, we will explore soil. There will be an open-book quiz on this lesson on Friday. We will also fill out a "how to study" sheet on Friday. Our test on chapter 7 will be on Wednesday, May 5.
Social Studies - Our trip around the regions of the United States will continue. We will begin our visit in the Western Region. The children should be studying for the West map test. They should know the correct spelling and location of each state. Capital cities will count as 1/4 point bonus each. This test will be on Thursday, May 6. This week we will look at the landforms of the West.
Spelling - The children will be working on lesson 32 this week. This lesson practices words with consonant + "le". Please make sure your child practices their words in cursive.
English - We will begin our unit on pronouns. This week we will focus on lessons 1, 2, & 3. These lessons cover pronouns, subject pronouns, and object pronouns.
Reading - We will continue working on our review of figurative language with our poetry project. Our class will be visiting the computer lab each day to work on word processing our poems. The children should also be reading their book club assignments. Our first discussion will be on Monday. They will receive 5 more post-it notes for our next meeting. This meeting will be on Monday, May 3.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Continue Dividing by 2-digit divisors. H.W. Daily Review pg. 64 (1-8 only) on notebook paper.
Tuesday - Five-minute division timed test (practice). Continue Dividing by 2-digit divisors. H.W. Daily Review pg. 65 (1-8 only) on notebook paper.
Wednesday - Checkpoint Quiz on Mental Math - Patterns in Division, Estimating Quotients, & dividing by 2-digit divisors. H.W. None.
Thursday - Continue Dividing by 2-digit divisors (larger numbers). H.W. Daily Review pg. 66 (1-9) on notebook paper.
Friday - Continue Dividing by 2-digit divisors (Money). H.W. None.
