Friday, February 7, 2014

Week of February 10


Weekly Events:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*TGFD on Thursday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*Time For Kids quiz on Friday.
*Valentine's Day Party on Friday at 1:35.

Coming Attractions:
*No school on Monday, February 17 - President's Day.
*Chapter 14 science test on Tuesday, February 18.
*Spring Pictures on Thursday, February 20.
*No school on Friday, February 28 - Institute Day.

Congratulations:
We had out district spelling bee this week.  There were 2 students from each grade (3-8) participating in this event.  The winner was from our class.  Congratulations, Jake!!!

Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - This week, we will be working on a review unit.  The students will have 30 words to practice.  Spelling assignments will be due on Friday.  Twenty words will be chosen for the test on Friday.

English - We will continue our unit on Pronouns.  Our lessons will focus on using I and me, possessive pronouns, and contractions with pronouns.

Reading - The children will continue working in our ISAT coach book.  We will also continue our alliteration activity from last week.

Science - We will finish our lesson on chemical reactions.  The test on Chapter 14, lessons 1, 2, & 3, will be on Tuesday, February 18.

Social Studies - The children will complete Chapter 7, lesson 1 early this week.  The rest of the week will be spent on lesson 2.  Don't forget that your child may go on their Google Docs files to review using the lesson slide shows.

Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Short Response and Extended Response practice.
Tuesday - Rate
Wednesday - Finish Extended Response that we began on Friday using the new Chromebooks.
Thursday - Proportions.
Friday - Writing Proportions.