Thursday, October 9 - Worms and racetracks with sheet are due
Friday, Oct. 10 - Early Dismissal 11:00
Monday, Oct. 13 No School, Columbus Day
Thursday, October 16 - Book Fair
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The students have been very excited to use their Chromebooks in the class and at home. They should remember to charge them each evening and bring them to school the next day as they would a text book. Today they have an activity in their classroom science folder. It is very interesting and you may want to have them show you what they did in class with it today.
Math- This week in math the students will subtract multi-digit numbers, when some digits are zeros and they will use addition to check their answers. There will be a quiz over lessons 5-7 on Tuesday of this week. They should know how to add multi-digit numbers and check using estimation, subtract multi-digit numbers with zeros and use addition to check their answers, and solve problems using PAL (problem, answer, label). A test is schedule for Wednesday, October 15 over chapter 2.
Spelling - This week the students will learn to spell homophones. They will be assigned WB pages 67-69 in volume 1. If they passed out on the pretest, they will be assigned an activity to do which is in Classroom under Spelling Enrichment.
English The students will practice writing good sentences by combining sentences that have the same subject with and. They will capitalize names of places and things along with writing abbreviations correctly. An abbreviation quiz will be given on Friday of this week.
Reading - This week in reading we will work on Close reading Close reading is the careful, sustained interpretation of a piece of text, and one of the cornerstones of the Common Core State Standards. We will read the poem, "Casey at the Bat". The students will read and reread this poem, dissecting it to gain understanding of the author's words. They will also compare it to other texts and and try to understand the author's perspective.
Science- There will be a test over the Introductory chapter (Getting Ready for Science) on Wednesday of this week. The students should study any notes and lesson reviews that are in their binder. They should study the main concepts and vocabulary from their text.
They should know:
all vocabulary
tools and what they are used for (pan balance, spring scale, microscope,beaker)
understand making inferences and what they need to do before making an inference
understand the steps of the scientific experiment:what they are, the order of them, and be able to identify them.
understand how to find the volume of a solid (They can use a calculator for this.)
What are you doing when you compare things?
understand variables and why they need to be controlled in an experiment
Social Studies-In social studies this week, the students will review lesson 3. They will explain how pollution from a factory gets into Chesapeake Bay, and understand why the Bay is important to the people in the Northeast region. A test is planned for Wednesday, October 15 over Chapter 4 Land and Water in the Northeast. The students should study all key concepts from the lessons. They should study the papers in their folders as well.
They should know:
all vocabulary
- Where Niagara Falls is, how it was formed and its importance to the area.
- What is produced by hydropower plants on the Niagara River?
- Know the Mountain Ranges that are part of the Appalachian Mountains and how they are different and how they are alike.
- What is the difference between the Maine Coast line and New Jersey Coast line? Be able to describe them.
- Which is the largest Finger Lake?
- How is this lake important to the grapes that are grown around it?
- Know the resources of the Northeast region and where they came from.
- What are some of the problems that challenge Chesapeake Bay and how have they tried to solve them.
