Spelling - The students will work with words that have changed the final y to an i. They will be responsible for workbook pages 129-131 in volume 2.
Math- There will be a math test on Wednesday of this week over the skills and concepts in unit 4. They should study the kinds of problems which they completed in their workbooks in that unit. They also have a pretest in their folder which they took at the beginning of the unit. Now that we have learned the skills they should fix any errors on it that they have made. They can also use this as a study tool. We will go over it on Monday.
Reading- We will continue our journey with Edward Tulane. The students will be responding to questions using text evidence as their support. They will also continue to work on vocabulary, and they will understand how the context of the passage can help them determine the meanings of words.
English - We will continue to work with adjectives this week. The students will use the correct order of adjectives to create phrases about nouns.
Science - A test is planned for Thursday, Feb. 25. The students should study the key concepts from the lessons, all vocabulary, and all papers in their science folder.
They should know:
The basic needs of all living things and what basic need plants meet by themselves.
The difference between learned behaviors and instincts-also be able to give examples.
Which organism has fossils that show it has changed little over time
What happens during hibernation and migration?
Understand extinction and be able to give examples of plants and animals that are extinct
Understand adaptations and be able to give examples of adaptations and what they are used for.
Understand the life cycle of a tree and be able to label the different stages and explain what happens in each stage.
What information can you get from fossils?
Understand living fossils.
Social Studies - We travel to the Midwest Region this week. The students will follow a rater to color a map with the states and bodies of water in the region. There will be a Map test on Friday of this week. The students will be expected to place the states and bodies of water correctly on the map. They can earn extra points for adding correct capitals of the states.
