Thursday, October 16- Book Fair
Monday-Wednesday October 27-29 Parent Teacher Conferences
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Math- This week in math there will be a test over chapter 2, Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers. The students should bring their their books home to study the pages that are still in their books. If there are pages that have not been completed, the students may use those pages as extra practice for the test. Many of the pages from the chapter are in their binders, and they should review those as well.
Spelling - This week is a review week. The students will be responsible for workbook pages 87-89.
English - The students will write abbreviations of titles, addresses, months and days. There will be an abbreviation quiz on Friday of this week. A practice sheet will go home for the students work on.
Reading- In reading this week we will dig even further in our close read of Casey at the Bat as we look at perspective.. The students will compare the perspectives of The Three Little Pigs told from the pigs point of view and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs from the Wolf's point of view. The students will write what happened in Mudville during this game from the perspective of another character in the story. They will then listen to a song called Mighty Jackie the Strike Out Queen. We will compare and contrast the song with the story.
Science - In science this week, we will begin a unit on Classifying animals. The students will classify animals as vertebrates and invertebrates. They will learn the characteristics of the 5 animal classes with backbones (vertebrates- fish, mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles FMBAR).
Social Studies - There will be a test in social studies on Thursday this week over unit 2 Land and Water of the Northeast. Pages 104-119. The students should study all the sheets from their binder. They should know:
- all vocabulary
- how Niagara Falls was formed,where it is located, and why it is so important to the Northeast (2 ways)
- what is produced by hydropower plants
- the important mountain ranges that make up part of the Appalachian Mountains
- which states do not share a border with the Atlantic Ocean
- the Finger Lakes and understand why grapes grow well there
- difference between the coast of Maine and the coast of New Jersey
- two challenges that threaten the fish population of Chesapeake Bay
- how Green Mountains and the White Mountains alike and different
- which state would you like to live in the Northeast Region-why? 2 reasons
