Weekly Events:
*Week 4 spelling pretest on Monday.
*English, lesson 1-3, quiz on Monday. (not open book)
*Magazine turn-in day on Tuesday.
*Picture Day on Thursday.
*Week 4 spelling test and challenge test on Friday.
*Time for Kids quiz on Friday.
*Early Dismissal on Friday, at 11:00.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - We will work on week 4 spelling words. The pretest will be on Monday. The final test (in print or cursive) will be on Friday. All spelling homework is due on Friday.
English - On Monday, the students will take a quiz on lessons 1-3 (What is a sentence?, 4 types of sentences, and subjects and predicates). The students will not be able to use their books or notes for this quiz. Throughout this week, we will also learn about simple subject and simple predicates.
Reading - Our unit on Tall Tales will continue. We will be reading "The Day Pecos Bill Rode Old Twister" and "Old Stormalong." The children will be working with vocabulary, figurative language (hyperbole, simile, & metaphor), and comprehension questions using these two stories.
Science - We will move onto lesson 2 this week. In this lesson, we will learn about food chains and food webs. We will also explore the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem. Finally, we will identify how energy flows through the ecosystem.
I believe I now have the online science textbook ready for student use. The directions for this e-book are included in the Curriculum Night packet. I will go over with the students how to access this sometime this week.
Social Studies - On Friday, we discussed the advantages that Cortes & the Conquistadors had versus the Aztecs. These advantages helped Cortes defeat the Aztecs. We will continue this lesson this week by learning about the changes the Spanish brought to New Spain and learn about other Spanish conquests. The children will also have the opportunity to design an Aztec mask this week. We will discuss the symbolism behind the mask.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Algebraic Expressions
Tuesday - Review for chapter 1 test.
Wednesday - Chapter 1 Test (Chapter 1 in My Math and Chapter 1 in 6th grade book)
Thursday - Prime Factorization
Friday - Powers and Exponents
