November 23 -25 No School/Thanksgiving Break
November 28-Dec. 2 Conferences
Dec. 1 Celebration of Knowledge party for Winn Dixie
Dec. 2 - No School/Conferences
Math There will be a test over chapter five on Tuesday of this week. That grade will go on Trimester 2's report card. We will begin a new chapter on Time and Temperature. The students will estimate and tell time to the nearest minute and second. They will calculate elapsed time on clocks and calendars. Also, they will change units of time including years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. I will continue to give timed fact tests. They will be tested on their division through 5's on Dec. 1.Dec. 1 Celebration of Knowledge party for Winn Dixie
Dec. 2 - No School/Conferences
Spelling There will be no spelling this week. Next week we study words with the r controlled sounds of ar and er. They will have to complete a spelling page or activity each day. The workbook pages are 152-154. There will be a test on December 1.
Reading - Over the next couple of weeks we will be reviewing the skills that we have gone over since the beginning of the year. The students will also work on summarizing and making generalizations. In writing summaries, the students will learn to pick out the main points or events of a story or passage and concisely put them in their own words. In making generalizations the students will learn that generalizations are broad statements that are true most of the time, and are based on fact or good reasons, and may include words like always or most.
We will finish up Winn Dixie. The students will do a Reader's Theater with it. Our Celebration of Knowledge Party will be on Thursday, Dec. 1. Some of the students have volunteered to send in an item for the party. They have marked it on a sheet in their folders. Please send the sheet back if you can or can not send the item in. Thank you so much for your help.
English- We will begin a descriptive writing unit this week. The students will learn to write using similes and metaphors. They will understand what colorful language is. They will understand that this is language that helps you visualize the writer's thoughts and puts pictures in your minds They will find this colorful language in the books that they read. They should bring in any examples they can find in magazines or books that they read from home.
Science - This week and next the students will learn how the behavior of animals help them to meet their needs. They will learn about instincts and learned behaviors and how they help animals survive.
Social Studies - There is a map test on Tuesday of the Southeast. The students will learn how the barrier islands are formed and compare and contrast the elevations in the Southeast. They will describe the climate of the Southeast and examine hurricanes there.
