Weekly Reminders:*Review spelling pretest on Monday (30 words).
*Review spelling test on Friday (I will choose 20 of the 30 words).
*Failure notices issued on Friday.
*Movie Night on Friday, 6:30-8:45.
Plan Ahead:
*Valentine's Day Party on Monday, February 14. Please no edible goodies with Valentines.
*No school on Monday, February 21 - Presidents' Day.
*PTO dine-out on Monday, February 21 - Noodles and Company.
*Spring Pictures - Thursday, February 24.
*End of Trimester - Friday, February 25.
*ISAT testing begins on Monday, February 28.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will continue our Electricity unit. We will focus on current electricity. The children will draw and construct different types of circuits.
Social Studies - We will finish our "Just Look" books. The children will also need to start studying for the Midwest map test. The test will be on Tuesday, February 15. The children will need to know the correct location and spelling of each state in the Midwest. As before, each capital will be worth 1/4 bonus point.
English - Our adjective unit will begin this week. We will focus on what is an adjective, adjectives after be, and using a, an, and the.
Spelling - The children will take a pretest on 30 review words. If your child receives 100% on the pretest, they will be done with spelling for the week. If your child does not receive 100%, they will need to do the workbook pages throughout the week. Their test on Friday will be on 20 of the 30 words. The test will be done in cursive.
Reading - The reading strategy that we will be studying next week is summarizing. When reading passages, it is not necessary to recall every word. Instead, we will practice using main ideas and supporting evidence to summarize a passage. While reading, a good reader finds the main ideas, whether they are stated or implied. Then, the reader must find supporting evidence to support the main idea. This support may be in the form of details, examples, explanations or descriptions.
Accelerated math Menu:
Monday-Symmetry. HW: WB pg. 122.
Tuesday - Transformations. HW: WB pg. 123 (top only).
Wednesday - Tessellations. HW: WB pg. 123 (rest of page).
Thursday -Quiz on lessons 6-9. Problem Solving. HW: Review Extended Response problem done in class.
Friday - Problem Solving. HW: Review Entended Response problems done in class.
