We made it through our first three days of school! Throughout these days, we have organized our supplies, reviewed our school and classroom expectations, started some projects, and enjoyed getting to know each other better.
On Tuesday, we will begin many of our academic subjects. Below I have listed what we will cover in each subject. Watch your child's binder and spirals for other work we complete in class. Please do not remove any papers that are put in your child's middle binder pockets. We will put items in our "Keep At Home" pocket that can be removed from our binders. Thank you in advance!
Weekly Events:
*No school on Monday - Labor Day.
*Lesson 1 spelling pretest on Tuesday.
*Math MAP test on Wednesday from 8:05-9:05. Please make sure your child is on time for school.
*Reading MAP test on Friday from 10:30-11:30.
*Lesson 1 spelling test or challenge test on Friday.
*Handbook sheet due Friday.
Upcoming Events:
*Preposition quiz on Monday, September 9.
*5th Grade Curriculum Night on Tuesday, September 17 at 6:30.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - We will take our first spelling pretest on Tuesday. If your child receives 19/20 or 20/20, they will be working on challenge spelling words for the week. All spelling homework is due Friday. The regular and challenge tests will be on Friday. Students may write in print or cursive on the spelling test.
English - The children will explore prepositions and prepositional phrases this week. We will learn about prepositions, the object of a preposition, prepositional phrases, and pronouns in prepositional phrases. The students will take a quiz on prepositions on Monday, September 9. After this mini unit, we will move onto Unit 1 - The Sentence.
Reading - The students will finish a couple projects that we began last week. Our first reading unit will begin the week of September 9. This unit will be on Tall Tales.
Science - On Tuesday, we will do an activity about scientists. Also, a special experiment has been scheduled for Friday. It is a surprise!!
Social Studies - We will begin the year with a scavenger hunt. The children will discover what a wonderful resource our book will be for them throughout this school year. Also, we will begin defining lesson one vocabulary in our Social Studies spiral. Your child should review these vocabulary words each day. We will also begin our study of early America, in chapter 4, as it explains how Spain built an Empire.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Our focus will be on place value. We will identify the values of digits in whole numbers to the trillions and decimals to the millionths. Also, the children will write whole numbers and decimals in expanded form. Students will compare whole numbers and decimals. We will end the week by taking a look at exponents and powers of ten.
