News to Remember:
*Tuesday, January 26 Permission slip for PV Bingo Night permission slips
*Friday, January 29 PV Bingo Night
*Friday, January 29 Family Reading Night permission slips due
Math This week in math we will begin a geometry unit. Lessons 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 & 19.4 will be covered. The students will learn about points, lines, rays and angles. They will use geoboards to help them understand the difference between right angles, obtuse, and acute angles. They will also review perpendicular, parrallel and intersecting lines using the geoboards.
There will be a short quiz on Thursday covering lines, rays, and angles. They will need to identify the the different kinds of lines perpendicular, parrallel, and intersecting. They will also need to identify rays and the different angles: right angles, obtuse and acute angels.
Spelling - Unit 17 is a review of lessons 10-16. Please note: The children will be tested on any words (not necessarily the words listed below) from lessons 10-16. They should study the rules from the units. The test will ask the children to find the word in each row that is misspelled, it will not be a regular spelling test.
Reading The students will read a biography of Lou Gherig. They will work on the skill of cause effect and fact opinion.
English - The students will continue their work with verbs. They will review spelling verbs in the past tense, the past with helping verbs and irregular verbs. They will begin the writing process for a new expository writing topic. They will choose a person in their life who is a hero to them and write an expository essay about this person.
Social Studies- There is a test scheduled for Wednesday, January 20th over chapter 6, The Land of the Southeast.
Your children should study: all papers in their binders, review lesson in the back of the chapter, and review all vocabulary
Focus on:
landforms of the Southeast and their elevations compared to each other (which one has the lowest, highest, etc)
climate of the Southeast & Florida
understand what a hurricane is, how it forms, and be able to give examples of how it can be destructive
purpose of lighthouses
know some resources of the Southeast and what they are used for
know the animals of the southeast region and the areas of the Southeast they live-( example: alligators- swamps of Florida)
know the crops/product and resources of the Southeast region and where they are found (Example oranges are mostly grown if Florida, coal is found in Kentucky and West Virginia)
Science A science test is scheduled for Friday, January 22 over chapter 3.
The children should study: all vocabulary, all papers in their binders, lesson reviews at the end of the chapter
Focus on:
all vocabulary
how plants & animals meet their basic needs
understand the difference between learned behavior and instincts (be able to give examples)understand hibernation and what happens to an animal when it goes into hibernation
extinction(know examples of plants and animals that are extinct and not extinct from the book)adaptations and how they are used
migration
Life cycle of a tree and the importance of each stagen (study picture in their binder)
How do fossils help scientists know the size of an animal or how it moves or eats?
