Things to Remember:
Friday, February 12 - Valentine's Day Party 1:30-2:15
Monday, February 15 - No School President's Day
Friday, February 19- Classroom Reading Club Party - Six Flags Reading Club deadline
Thursdy, February 25- Spring Pictures on Thursday
Friady, February 26 - Ozzie's Reading Club deadline
Friday, February 26 - Movie Night
Math - There will be a quiz on Tuesday over congruent and similar figures, symmetry, and finding patterns. These are lessons 20.1, 20.3, and 20.6 in chapter 20 of their textbook. They should review their 3 times tables. They will have a test over their 3 facts on Friday.
The students will identify, classify, describe, and make solid figures this week.
Reading - This week in reading the students will read and compare different genres. They will identify the author's purpose and motivation for writing a passage. We will work with figurative language and the students will learn about onomatopoeia and idioms.
English - We will continue our work with adjectives this week. The students will learn that a, an, and the are adjectives. They will also learn how to make comparisons using er and iest and more and most. They will also learn to write the correct forms of good and bad. A test is planned for Wednesday, February 17 over adjectives.
Social Studies - This week the students will learn about the early history of the Southeast. They will learn about some of the early explorers and what they originally set out to accomplish. Did they accomplish their goals or not? They will learn about St. Augustine, the first permanent European setlement in the U.S., and they will learn about Roanoke, " The Lost Colony".
Science - In science this week we will explore magnetic fields. The students will discover that magnetic forces are strongest at the poles. They will learn that the earth has two magnetic poles. The north magnetic pole and the south magnetic pole. The needle in a compass is a magnet. The colored one-half of the needle points to the north magnetic pole of the earth.
