*No school on Monday - Presidents' Day.
*Chapter 15, lesson 2 open book quiz.
*Spring Pictures on Thursday.
*Spelling Test on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Chapter 12 Math Test on Tuesday, February 28 (Students may use measurement hint bookmark & metric hint sheet).
*Thirty-Nine State Test on Tuesday, February 28.
*Argonne Field Trip on March 1.
*End of Trimester on March 2.
*No school on Monday, March 5 - Casimir Pulaski Day.
*ISAT Testing begins on Wednesday, March 7.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - On Wednesday, the children will take an open book quiz on chapter 15, lesson 1. Then we will begin lesson 2 on Magnetism. The children will explore magnetism and magnetic fields.
Social Studies - We will continue working on our Desert Slide Shows. The children are researching 3 desert plants & 3 desert animals.
English - We will use our English time to work on reading extended responses. The children are using an extended response recipe: Turn around the question, text proof, interpretation, text proof, interpretation, and what I learned/life lesson.
Spelling - Our spelling test will be on Friday. The children may begin practicing these vocabulary words: oblivion, parched, gallant, marvel, prestigious, smirk, tribulation, and aspire.
Reading - Just like last week, our target genre is poetry. The students will understand the elements of poetry, and they will work with figurative language such as simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, and idioms. The poetry project is due on Friday, February 24. The poetry project packet and subsequent rubric state exactly what is required of each student.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Spotlight:
Monday - No School.
Tuesday - Area of Trapezoids. Last Trivia Challenge.
Wednesday - Volume.
Thursday - Solid Figures (3-D). Fill out "how to study" sheet for chapter 12 test on Tuesday, February 28. The test will cover Metric measurements, Area of squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids, Volume, and Solid Figures.
Friday - Surface Area of rectangular prisms.
Project Challenge Link:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/persuasion-30034.html
