IMPORTANT DATES: September 14th – Beginner Band Parent Information Meeting (7:00 pm)
Scholastic Book Orders will go home on Monday. They are due by Friday. Remember to only send a check made out to the particular book club.
If you would like instructions on how to get into the online science book please let me know.
Spelling- The rule this week in spelling is when a word ends in silent e, do not drop the e before you add an ending that begins with a consonant.
English There will be a DOL quiz on Friday of this week. The students can bring their notebooks home to know the skills we have been working on for the last couple of weeks. They should be ready to find errors in capital letters in people, places, and things along with end marks in different kinds of sentences, exclamations, statements, questions, and commands.
This week we will work on using commas correctly in sentences and quotation marks. A test is planned for Wednesday, Sept. 23 over the skills in Unit 5.
Reading- In reading this week the students will work on root words and prefixes and suffixes. I will be checking their silent reading books to be sure they are reading chapter books at this time. They will apply the skills they have been learning as they are reading their books.
Social Studies The students will work on their study skills.They will learn how to use a Tchart to study vocabulary words, and they will use the reading strategy of skimming as they use key words from the questions to find answers in the text. They will also use the titles and subtitles to help them locate answers in the text.
**A social studies test is schedule for Thursday, Sept. 24 over chapter 2. More information will come home next week. They can begin studying the vocabulary from the chapter and the worksheets that will be in their folders next week. They should study the "Patriotic Quests" that they completed.
Science The students will learn that making models will help them answer questions about science. Models help people better understand how parts work togther. They can also help with finding problems before the actual building. They will investigate this by making their own model of a building.
Math We will begin a new chapter this week over addition and subtraction of larger numbers. They will learn about rounding and estimation. These skills are very difficult and any extra reinforcement from home will be helpful. They will also have addition and subtraction fact tests on Friday so they should practice those at home.
