Dates to Remember:
Thurs., Feb.14 Valentine Day
Classroom Parties - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Mon., Feb. 18 President Day/No
School
Thurs., Feb. 21 Spring Picture
Day
Tues., Feb. 26 Early Dismissal -
11:00 a.m
Spelling - The spelling words this week will focus on more VCCV (Vowel Consonant Consonant Vowel) words. Workbook page 91-93 or activities will need to be completed through the week.
Math - In math this week, we will continue our work with graphs. the students will learn to read and interpret circle graphs, line graphs, and use a coordinate grid. There will be a final test over chapter 8 on Wednesday of this week. Have your child practice making their own graphs. They should be sure to have a title, labels, and interval beginning with 0 at the origin.
Reading - This week the students reading Family Apart will have a comprehension and vocabulary test on Monday. They should know the meanings of the words, and be able to write the words in a good sentence showing they understand the meaning without it being a definition. The students reading Earthquake Terror will have their vocabulary test on Monday, and their comprehension test on Tuesday.
The students will write extended responses to literature that they read this week.
We will begin a poetry unit this week. The students will study different kinds of poems and find the elements of poetry in them. They will work with figurative language some of which will be a review and others will be introduced- alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole. They will then write their own poetry and make their own poetry books.
English -This week in English the students will begin a unit on verbs. They will identify and use action verbs, main verbs and helping verbs.
Science - In science this week, the students will describe the jobs of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal system. They will also describe how the skeletal and muscular systems work together to move the body.
There will be a test over the Human Body on Friday of this week. The students should know:
All vocabulary
Understand the steps of the digestive system
Know the purpose of platelets
Understand what happens if you fall and scrape your knee: what is torn and how will the platelets help.
Know the different kinds of joints in the body and be able to give examples of each
Know the kinds of muscles and how they work together
Understand the difference between voluntary and involuntary muscles. Give examples of each.
What are four jobs of the bones
How are messages carried from your brain throughout your body? Be ready to explain using the vocabulary that you have learned about in this lesson.
Social Studies - The students will understand why the Midwest Region is an important agricultural region. They will identify some crops that are grown in the Central Plains and the Great Plains. A test is planned for Wednesday of next week over chapter 8.
