Friday- No School
Math - The students will continue to build and discuss combinations that involve multiplying by 10. They will extend their thinking to multiplying by 100 and 1,000. The students will also create their own ratio tables to solve problems with multiples of ten. The Number Corners for November will feature an analog clock that shows times that get later each day according to a predictable pattern. They will solve problems involving elapsed time. The Problem Strings this month will focus on adding multi-digit numbers.
Spelling- This week the students will be working with words that have the sounds for oo. They will be assigned workbook pages 137-139. All students will take the test on Thursday There is no alternate group this week because of a short week.
English - This week the students will review the use of quotation marks and practice a dialog with them. They will also use modal auxiliary's, can, may, and must correctly. The students will write a newspaper article to go with the prompt, " Gloria Estefan is the "Star with the Heart"!
Reading- This week in reading the students will understand cause/effect relationships and be able to find these relationships in the story of Gloria Estefan. They will also continue to work on their text dependent questions and independently write responses to them using text evidence.
We will Close read Gloria Estefan for the third time looking at the craft and structure of this biography.
Science- The students have begun research on an invertebrate group. Today they worked with both Mrs. Foellmer and myself to learn how to locate information and place it in their slide show. They also learned how to attached a video to their slide show. Ask them to show you what they have accomplished so far. They need to remember to go to drive to open up their slide show but go to Classroom to get the research websites. Only the captains of their team open up in Classroom.
We will have a quiz on Chapter 1 lesson 3 only on Thursday.
They should study the vocabulary and the main ideas in their books. They should also study the sheets in their science folder.
They should know:
how scientists classify animals
5 main classes of vertebrates, at least 2 characteristics of each, and be able to give 2 examples of animals from each class.
5 main groups of invertebrates
largest group of invertebrates
largest group of arthropods
traits of an insect (3 body parts, 6 legs,head, thorax, abdomen)
