Important Announcements
~ Habitat Homebanks came home lat Friday. All of the money goes to help us build a home for a family in need. Any contribution is appreciated. If your child has lost his or her actually Homebank, donations may be sent in in a ziplock bag. All donations are due by next Monday, 10/6.
~ This Wednesday we will be having our second late start day. School will start at 8:45.
~ Unit 2 math tests will be coming home this Friday. Please review it with your child then sign, and return it. Based on the areas of need identified by the test. I will be asking certain students to stay for tutorial this week or next. I will email you if I would like your child to stay.
Social Studies
This week we will be continuing to learn about the French and Indian War. We will be examining it the impact it had on the countries involved and the direct connection it has to the Revolutionary War.
Math
This week in math, we will be exploring angle and triangle types and introducing methods for measuring angles and copying triangles. We will also be exploring the properties of polygons and the side and angle relationships in regular polygons. Angle Tangle and Polygon Capture would be great games to play for homework.
Our unit 3 math test is next Thursday and Friday. I will be passing out a study guide on Friday and there will be a review tutorial next Wednesday afternoon.
Reading
We will be continuing our character study. During read-aloud, we will be following a character to learn about the different ways a character can be described. We will then begin tracking important moments in the character's life to record how the character grows, learns, and changes as a result of those impactful events. Using this in-depth analysis into our read-aloud's character, the children will then transfer the process into their own books to develop a thesis based on their own characters. Encourage this work at home by talking to your child about the book they are reading. Not just, "what is it about?" Push them to say more about what they think about the way that their character acts, as well as providing information from the text that supports their thinking.
Writing
Students completed an on-demand essay to show what skills they already know about essay writing. Next week, students will work with their on-demand essays to tweak them as I teach all of the essentials in essay writing. It boils down to "SAY IT, PROVE IT, SAY IT AGAIN." If students can remember this, and what each part includes, they will do great with this unit! Students will learn how to develop a strong thesis statement, supporting details to prove it, and the structure that essays take to organize and craft their writing.
In grammar this week we are studying run-on sentences and sentence fragments. In word study we are studying the prefixes post-, after-, pre-, and fore-.
Homework
Writing: Students have a story classed "Like Magic" to read. They will be writing an essay on how the main character changes throughout the story.
Reading Comp: "The Art of Creating Cartoons"
Math: POW, study link 3.4 on Monday night, other study links as assigned
Spelling words:
heart
height
honest
hour
iron
island
journey
laugh
listen
lose
love
month
money
move
muscle
ninth
nothing
Quizlet link: http://quizlet.com/_uglvh
Prefix Quizlet link:
http://quizlet.com/_uhbgn
~ Habitat Homebanks came home lat Friday. All of the money goes to help us build a home for a family in need. Any contribution is appreciated. If your child has lost his or her actually Homebank, donations may be sent in in a ziplock bag. All donations are due by next Monday, 10/6.
~ This Wednesday we will be having our second late start day. School will start at 8:45.
~ Unit 2 math tests will be coming home this Friday. Please review it with your child then sign, and return it. Based on the areas of need identified by the test. I will be asking certain students to stay for tutorial this week or next. I will email you if I would like your child to stay.
Social Studies
This week we will be continuing to learn about the French and Indian War. We will be examining it the impact it had on the countries involved and the direct connection it has to the Revolutionary War.
Math
This week in math, we will be exploring angle and triangle types and introducing methods for measuring angles and copying triangles. We will also be exploring the properties of polygons and the side and angle relationships in regular polygons. Angle Tangle and Polygon Capture would be great games to play for homework.
Our unit 3 math test is next Thursday and Friday. I will be passing out a study guide on Friday and there will be a review tutorial next Wednesday afternoon.
Reading
We will be continuing our character study. During read-aloud, we will be following a character to learn about the different ways a character can be described. We will then begin tracking important moments in the character's life to record how the character grows, learns, and changes as a result of those impactful events. Using this in-depth analysis into our read-aloud's character, the children will then transfer the process into their own books to develop a thesis based on their own characters. Encourage this work at home by talking to your child about the book they are reading. Not just, "what is it about?" Push them to say more about what they think about the way that their character acts, as well as providing information from the text that supports their thinking.
Writing
Students completed an on-demand essay to show what skills they already know about essay writing. Next week, students will work with their on-demand essays to tweak them as I teach all of the essentials in essay writing. It boils down to "SAY IT, PROVE IT, SAY IT AGAIN." If students can remember this, and what each part includes, they will do great with this unit! Students will learn how to develop a strong thesis statement, supporting details to prove it, and the structure that essays take to organize and craft their writing.
In grammar this week we are studying run-on sentences and sentence fragments. In word study we are studying the prefixes post-, after-, pre-, and fore-.
Homework
Writing: Students have a story classed "Like Magic" to read. They will be writing an essay on how the main character changes throughout the story.
Reading Comp: "The Art of Creating Cartoons"
Math: POW, study link 3.4 on Monday night, other study links as assigned
Spelling words:
heart
height
honest
hour
iron
island
journey
laugh
listen
lose
love
month
money
move
muscle
ninth
nothing
Quizlet link: http://quizlet.com/_uglvh
Prefix Quizlet link:
http://quizlet.com/_uhbgn