Monday, February 17 - No School President's Day
Thursday, February 20- Picture Day
Math- In Math this week we will begin a unit on patterns. The students will describe non numeric growing and repeating patterns, identify, describe, and extend numeric patterns, and extend patterns and write observations about the pattern.
Spelling - The students will work with words that end with ed or ing. They will be responsible for workbook pages 252-254. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading - This week in reading the students will write an extended response to the story "The Last Dragon". We will then begin a poetry unit. The students will be learning to write different kinds of poetry. A note will be going home to explain the unit requirements. They will be required to create their own poetry books. They will be instructed on how to use the Google Doc this week so they can use the computer to access the work they have done at school and continue to work on their book at home.
English-We have just finished typing our final drafts and adding pictures to our descriptive writing paragraphs. We will begin a unit on verbs this week.
Social Studies- This week the students will review the advantages and disadvantages of shipping by barge and truck or trains. They will learn about the Badlands of South Dakota. They will describe the climate and land of the Badlands 67 million years ago.
Science - Ask your child if they can tell you how the nutrients from the food they eat gets into their body's cells. Answer: Chewing breaks food into pieces. Saliva softens it. Food passes through the esophagus to the stomach, where it is squeezed and mixed with digestive juices. The liquid then passes into the small intestine. Nutrients move from the small intestine into capillaries. The blood delivers nutrients to the body's cells.
