Please send in a completely disposable lunch, and the kids should be sure to dress for the weather.
We are going to have a "Wormy Time" this week!
We will begin our worm investigations on Tuesday of this week, so all worms need to be in on Tuesday. The students brought home a sheet today, and they know what to include in their worm habitats. (moist soil, not soaking wet,dried leaves, rotting roots-all things found in soil already. They can find their worms in the yard or they can purchase earthworms at Walmart or a pet store.
Math - In math this week, we will review estimating sums and differences. They will add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers and regroup if necessary. They will check reasonableness of their answers by estimating.
Spelling - The students will be working with words that have the /u/ sound. They will be assigned workbook pages 52-54. If they are in the pretest group, they will have an activity sheet to follow throughout the week which they will complete in their spelling journals.
Reading - This week in reading the children will learn about author's point of view. We will use the poems written by Shel Silverstein to help the children understand this concept.
Our story this week is "Finding the Titanic" by Robert D. Ballard. The reading strategy that we will focus on is text organization. Many non-fiction authors organize their selections in time order. They also use features such as headings, pictures, captions and charts to help the reader better understand the information. Students will be studying these elements of text organization while reading a variety of non-fiction passages.
English - We will begin a unit on capitalization and punctuation. This week the students will review the different kinds of sentences and practice writing paragraphs that have a variety of sentences in them. They will also review their capitalization rules of names of people, pets, titles used with names, places and things.
Social Studies - Our social studies test will be on Wednesday of this week not on Tuesday.
This test will cover chapter 2 lessons 2 & 3. They should study the worksheets in their binders, know all vocabulary from the lessons, and study the key concepts in each lesson. Pages 46-59
They should know:
The three levels of government and who is the head of each (page 49)
The three branches of government(who is the head of it,where they meet,their job or role)
U.S. citizens' responsibilities
Children's responsibilities (page 59)
U.S. citizens' rights (freedoms)
13th Amendment
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
What citizens need to do to make good decisions (page 59)
Why should people vote?
