Things to Remember:
Thursday, Jan. 6 - Argonne Permission Slips due on Thursday
Tuesday, January 11 Field trip to Argone Labs
Monday, January 17 - No School Martin Luther King's Birthday.
Spelling - This week in spelling the the skill will focus on the words that have the k sound. The students should pay close attention to the different ways that words are spelled with the K sound.
Reading - This week we will be working on predicting outcomes. Readers can often guess ahead of time, or predict, what will happen in a story, based on information the author has given. Additionally, readers can change or adjust their predictions as they read.
The students will begin reading Because of Winn Dixie. They will apply many of the reading strategies they have already learned as they read this wonderful story of a young girl and the many different friendships she aquires when she moves into a new town.
English - We will begin a unit on Adjectives this week. You may want to ask your child. What is an adjective and to give you an example of one.
Math- This week we will review of the skills the students have learned in chapter 6. They should be able to tell time. They should know how to recognize half past and quarter past the hour. They should understand elapsed time on the clock and be able to read a thermometer and calendar. They should be able to solve problems using a thermometer and a calendar. All the skills in chapter 6 will be covered. They should bring their text books home to study the skills. There will be a test on chapter 6 on Thursday of this week.
Social Studies - The children will review the culture of the Cherokee tribe of the Southeast. They will describe how the Cherokee lived before the Europeans came to North America. They will evaluate how the Cherokee culture changed after the Europeans came to the Southeast. They will learn about the Trail of Tears.
Science - This week in science we will begin a new unit on The Human Body. The Big Idea is "To stay alive, people depend on body systems that work together." This week the students will describe the functions of blood vessels and describe how oxygen and nutrients travel through the body.
