Monday, Feb. 1- Read to Succeed reading logs for Six Flags are due.
Wednesday, Feb. 3- Early Dismissal 11;35
Thursday, Feb. 11- Valentine's Day Party- The students may bring in Valentines to pass out for each child in the room. It will be from 1:40-2:20.
Friday, Feb. 12 & 15- No School
Tuesday & Wednesday, Feb. 16-17, - Parent/Teacher conferences
Math- This week the students will learn the standard algorithm for subtraction and compare it to other strategies. There will be a quiz on Friday over subtraction of 3 and 4 digit numbers with regrouping.
Spelling-This week the students will be working with compound words. They will be responsible for volume 1 pages 217-219. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading- We will continue our look at the story Grandfather's Journey by comparing the two main characters. Students will write a response paragraph that describes the characters' similarities and how those similarities help the story's narrator to understand his grandfather. We will finish the week with a close read of the lyrics from the song, "The River" by Garth Brooks.
The students will also be working on their independent reading project. They should have a fiction book that they have been reading. They will be completing a project that goes with this book throughout the week. Each night they should be reading to complete their book by Friday, Feb. 5.
English-The students will understand that similes are comparisons between two unlike things that have something in common, and they use the words like or as in them. They will find similes in the different texts that they are reading, and we will discuss how they help the reader understand and visualize the text better. They will also practice using similes in their writing.
Science- This week in science the students will continue to study the behavioral and physical adaptations of plants and animals, and how they help them meet their basic needs.
