Friday, February 14, 2014
Week of February 17
Weekly Events:
*No school on Monday - Presidents' Day.
*Spelling pretest on Tuesday.
*Chapter 14 Science test on Tuesday.
*Unit 6, lesson 1-3 English quiz on Tuesday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*Time For Kids quiz on Friday.
*Spirit Day on Friday - Boys wear red and girls wear blue!
Coming Events:
*Spirit Day on Thursday, Feb. 27 - Mismatch Day!
*No school on Friday, Feb. 28 - Teacher Institute.
*ISAT Testing during the weeks of March 3rd and 10th.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - We will have a spelling unit this week even though it is a shortened week. Students who miss 1 or none will work with our challenge spelling list. The rest of the students will work on the regular list. Challenge spellers will need to do a practice sheet and 2 activities. Regular spellers will need to do a practice sheet and 2 workbook pages.
English - We will begin this week with a quiz on Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns, and Using I and me. We will then continue on our study of pronouns.
Reading - Students will be reading literature and information text examples. They will use the information in these texts to answer comprehension questions. We will also work on another extended response.
Science - Our test on Chapter 14, lessons 1-3, will be on Tuesday. Children should review notes, Google Docs slide shows, and the textbook to prepare for this test.
Items to review for test:
Key words: matter, atom, element, density, molecule, mixture, periodic table, nucleus, solution, corrosion, physical change, & chemical change.
Social Studies - We will continue working with chapter 7. The children will need to complete the chapter 7, lesson 2 summary for homework on Tuesday. Then we will move onto lesson 3.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Class:
Monday - No school. Presidents' Day.
Tuesday - Proportion and Similar Figures
Wednesday - Trivia Challenge
Thursday - Quiz on ratio, rate, & proportion (open book/open notes)
Friday - Graphing Ratios