Thursday, Sept. 25 - Early Dismissal 11:00
Math - There will be a test on Tuesday of this week over Unit 1 Place Value. The students should review the sheets in their folders. They will be given a practice test to help them review the skills and concepts they should know on Monday for homework.
Spelling- The students will be working with the spelling patterns for long i and o and short i and o sounds. They will be responsible for workbook pages 37-39 in volume 1 throughout the week unless they passed out of the unit words. Then they will be expected to do the activities for the week with their alternate words. There will be a test on Friday of this week.
English - There will be a test on Thursday of this week over chapter 1, The Sentence. The students will be getting homework throughout the week to help them review the skills we have learned in this chapter.
Reading - We will continue working with the text, Happy Birthday Dr. King. We will be focusing on cause and effect. We will then turn our focus on Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream Speech." There will be a vocabulary test on Friday of this week. The students have been working on their words, and they can use these sheets to help them study. ( Protest, power, Civil Rights, boycott, fare assembly, stupendous, slip, basement, rear, speech, chimed, dopey)
Social Studies - This week in social studies the students will study the resources of the Northeast. They will understand why the Northeast is an excellent location for growing grapes and cranberries, and the role that maple syrup has in the life of a plant and how it is produced and harvested. Minerals are also an important resource of the Northeast and the students will understand what minerals are and where they come from.
Science - The scientific method will be studied this week. We will conduct an experiment based on the scientific method and the students will understand and set up the steps of the scientific method for experiments. A test over the Introductory Chapter is planned for Tuesday, Sept. 30.
