Monday, May 26 - No School, Memorial Day
Math- The students will understand that we can use a decimal to represent parts of a hundred. They will write decimals to represent a hundredths model. The students will understand that decimals and fractions both show parts of a whole. They will know how to write fractions for decimals using denominators of 10 and 100. There will be a quiz over lessons 1-4 on Tuesday of this week.
Spelling - In spelling this week the students will work with words that have silent consonants. They will be responsible for workbook pages 228-229 in volume 2. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading- The students will learn the different jobs they will be completing in their literature circles. They will begin reading the books they have chosen. You should expect to see their books come home with either an assignment to read the chapters or to complete their discussion sheets. It is very important that they come prepared each day with their books and discussion sheets.
English - The students will understand that I is a subject pronoun and me is an object pronoun which comes after the verb and after words such as to, with, for, and at. They will understand singular and possessive pronouns and contractions with pronouns.
Science- This week the students will will also investigate insulators and conductors and test materials to discover which are insulators and which are conductors. They will understand and experiment with switches.
They will also compare the effects of a magnet and an electric current on a compass.
Social Studies - The students will compare and contrast the weather of Hawaii and California. They will name the different climates of the west and give examples of each.
The students will be working in groups on their state slide show all week. Each child has three slides in the show that they are responsible for. They should be working on it at home as well since this is on a Google Doc.
