Thursday, January 30, 2014

Week of February 3


Weekly Events:
*Six Flags Read to Succeed Sheets are due Monday!
*Spelling Pretest on Monday.
*Chapter 6 Social Studies test on Monday.
*Early Dismissal on Tuesday, 11:00.
*Biography Shape Book due Wednesday!
*Chapter 14, lesson 2 science quiz on Wednesday.
*District Spelling Bee on Thursday.
*Spelling Test on Friday.
*TFK quiz on Friday.

Coming Attractions:
*Valentine's Day Party on Friday, Feb. 14, 1:35-2:20.
*No school on Monday, Feb. 17 - Presidents' Day.
*No school on Friday, Feb. 28 - Teacher Institute.

Homeroom Happenings: 
Spelling - Our spelling pretest will be on Monday.  Students who miss one or none will become challenge spellers.  They will need to complete a practice sheet and 3 activities throughout the week.  Students who miss 2 or more will work with our regular weekly words.  They will need to complete a practice sheet and 3 workbook pages.  The challenge and regular weekly tests will be on Friday.

English - We were unable to begin our pronoun unit due to the 2 "cold days."  We will begin this unit this week.  Our focus will be on Subject & Object Pronouns.

Reading - We will explore figurative language this week.  The children have a bookmark in their reading pockets that we will be referring to throughout the week.

Science - On Monday, we will finish chapter 14, lesson 2.  The children will take a quiz on this lesson on Wednesday.  At the end of the week, we will begin working on lesson 3, which focuses on chemical changes.

Social Studies - The children will take the chapter 6 test on Monday.  Please refer to last week's blog for concepts to study.  Next, we will begin chapter 7.  

Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - Review for Integer Test.
Tuesday - Integer Test.  To prepare for this test, review all slide shows in Google Docs file.
Wednesday - Short and Extended Responses.
Thursday - No math due to District Spelling Bee.
Friday - Short and Extended Responses.