Weekly Reminders:*No spelling pretest or test this week.
*Matilda test on Monday (open-book/notes).
*Holiday concert on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
*Chapter 6 social studies test on Tuesday.
*PE Bowling test on Tuesday.
*Prairieview "Creature Feature" on Tuesday at 1:45-2:15.
*Spelling assignments due on Wednesday.
*Bowling field trip on Thursday afternoon.
*Tivoli field trip on Friday afternoon.
*Winter break - December 20 - December 31.
Plan Ahead:
*Classes resume on Monday, January 3.
Holiday Service Project:
Don't forget about our Holiday Service Drive. We are looking for donations such as new toys, new games, toiletries, and food for the needy families in the Darien area. All donations are due on Monday, December 13. Thank you for opening up your hearts to help make the holidays a happy one for those who are less fortunate.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will continue learning about the digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems. The children will take an open-book/notes quiz after we return from winter break. At that time, we will also learn about a few other systems in the human body.
Links for Human Body Survivor:
http://www.owen.k12.ky.us/trt/resources.htm
http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/body.php
http://www2.asd.wednet.edu/pioneer/barnard/sites/Science/bodsys/bodysys.htm
Social Studies - We will take our test on chapter 6 on Tuesday. After winter break, we will begin learning about the people of the southeast.
Items to study for the test:
*Key words: barrier islands, hurricane, wetlands, hurricane season, key, fall line, fossil fuel, Piedmont, Inner Coastal Plains, Outer Coastal Plains, endangered species, extinct, & pulp.
*Why are hurricanes dangerous?
*Name some crops from the Southeast. Why do these crops grow well in the Southeast.
*If you were going on a trip to the Southeast, where would you go and why? All theme parks (Disney World, Epcot Center, Universal Studios, etc.) are closed!!!!
Spelling - We will not be having a spelling pretest or spelling test this week. The children will be working with a review list of spelling words. I will be collecting one of the workbook pages on Wednesday.
English - The children have been working on a five-paragraph expository essay about their creature. These will be displayed during the Prairieview "Creature Feature." We will also take our next English pretest on Thursday. The children will get their pretests back after winter break. At that time, they will need to choose enrichment projects to work on.
Reading - The first strategy that we focus on this week in reading is making inferences. A writer doesn't always explain every fact or detail when writing a story. The writer expects that readers will fill in missing information from their own experience. Good readers do this by putting together what they already know and what they have read to make the best guess they can. When readers add information from their own experience to what is stated in a text, they are making an inference. We will also study the reading skill of comparing and contrasting. Students will practice comparing pieces of literature that are similar and different.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Graphing Sense. HW: WB pg. 84.
Tuesday - Line Plots. HW: WB pg. 85.
Wednesday - Histograms. HW: WB pg. 86.
Thursday - Making Line Graphs. HW: WB pg. 87,
Friday - No Math Today.
