Welcome Back! I hope you all had a wonderful spring break.Weekly Reminders:
*Lesson 29 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Receive readers' theaters on Monday. Practice each night.
*Present readers' theaters on Wednesday.
*Math quiz on Thursday - adding and subtracting fractions & mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators.
*Lesson 29 spelling test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*Inventions due on Tuesday, April 13.
*Chapter 7, lesson 1 open-book quiz on Tuesday.
*Spring Open House on Thursday, April 15.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will begin our Earth Science study by exploring minerals. We will be classifying the minerals by testing for hardness, luster, streak, magnetism, color, and texture. The children will also begin exploring 3 types of rocks - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. The open-book quiz on this lesson will be on Tuesday, April 13.
Social Studies - Our study of the Southwest region will continue. We will learn about some of the first people in the Southwest - The Navajo. The children will also work on a Navajo craft project.
Spelling - The children will work with lesson 29 this week. This lesson adds the prefixes "mis" and "dis" to different root words. Please make sure your child practices their spelling words in cursive.
English - We will continue working on our Hero expository essays. At this point, the children have identified their hero and brainstormed what traits make them a hero. This week, the children will fill out a graphic organizer and write their rough drafts.
Reading - Our focus for this week will be on Pourquoi Tales. These folktales explain how something came to be in nature. Pourquoi is a French word that means "why". We will explore personification and self-questioning during this study. The children will also write their own Pourquoi Tale. Each child will receive a readers' theater script on Monday. They will need to practice their lines for Wednesday.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Adding fractions & mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. H.W. Daily Review pgs. 108 (#1-8), 113 (#1-8), 115 (#1-8).
Tuesday - Subtracting fractions & mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. H.W. Daily Review pgs. 109 (#1-8), 114 (#1-8), 116 (#1-8).
Wednesday - Adding and Subtracting fractions & mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. H.W. Quiz tomorrow on concepts covered on Monday-Wednesday.
Thursday - Practice 5-minute division test. Quiz on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators. H.W. None.
Friday - Estimating sums and differences of mixed numbers. H.W. None.
