Tuesday, September 9 - Field trip permission slips to Brookfield Zoo are due.
Monday & Tuesday, Sept. 8 & 9 - MAP testing
It was so nice meeting many of you at Curriculum Night. Remember if you have any questions feel free to send me an
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Here is the plan for the week:
Math: We will review the main concepts from last week: You can find the relative value of a digit in a multi-digit whole number by looking at its place value. The value of a digit in a whole number is ten times greater than its value in the place to its right.
They will be quizzed on Wednesday on reading numbers into the millions place.
They will compare numbers using a number line and a place-value chart and they will order numbers by using a place -value chart and comparing the digit values. There will be a quiz on Friday over lessons 1-4. See their folders for the work we have been doing to help review, and they can bring their books home as well.
Spelling: The list this week will be another review of commonly misspelled words. There will be a pretest on Monday and a test on Friday. Each night they will have an activity to do for that day. This will be on a sheet they have in their folders.
English- This week in English we will focus on writing sentences. The students will review what sentences are made of and how to write good sentences. They will also review the different kinds of sentences (declarative-statement, imperative-command, exclamatory, and interrogative-question).
Reading- This week in reading we will continue our review of the reading strategies using the Pumpkin Runner. We will review evaluation and summarizing We will also review the daily five reading and writing and listening activities.
Social Studies - We will begin our tour of the Northeast region. The students will learn about the states that make up the region. They will have a homework assignment to color and label their map. A rubric will go home with them to follow. This will be due on Thursday of this week. We will have a quiz on Friday over the map. They should be able to place the states in the correct spot on the map. Spelling does not count, but if I can not read it at all, then it will be marked wrong. They will get extra points for know the capitals of the states.
Science - Last week we compared using standard to non-standard units of measure, and discussed why scientists need to use standard units of measure. This week we will investigate our tools of inquiry. The students will understand the different tools used for observing, handling and measuring.
