Monday, Feb. 4 - Six Flags Read to Succeed forms are due
Tuesday, Feb. 4- Early Dismissal 11:00
Math-In math this week we will review using the distributive property to solve division problems. The students will also estimate and divide three and four digit numbers. There will be a quiz over lessons 7-9 on chapter 6 on Thursday of this week. A test is planned for Wednesday, Feb. 12. over chapter 6.
Spelling - This week the students will work with more words that have the VCCV (Vowel, Consonant, Consonant, Vowel, ) pattern. They will complete workbook pages 91-93 or spelling activities for the week if they passed out of the pretest. They will have a test on Friday of this week.
Reading- This week in reading the students will read The Last Dragon they will continue to work on responding to reading with text dependent questions. They will also use details from the story about characters and events to draw conclusions.
English - The students will type the final copies of their descriptive paragraphs. We will begin a unit on verbs this week. They will identify and use action verbs in sentences.
Science - Their will be a test on Tuesday of this week over chapter 3 Adaptations. The students should study the lesson reviews and all the vocabulary from the chapter. They should know:
how plants meet their need for food
learned behaviors and examples
instincts and examples of
explain several animal adaptations and how they are used
examples of living fossils, extinct animals and plants - use book for examples
the life cycle of a tree and why each step is important - see picture in folder
how fossils help scientists learn about animals
animal behaviors that help them meet their basic needs
what happens during hibernation
Social Studies - There will be a social studies test over Chapter 7 lessons 1 & 3 only on Friday of this week. The students should know:
all vocabulary
Sequoyah
Understand the causes and effects of the Civil war (negative and positive)
Understand the Reconstruction after the Civil War
What are "Jim Crow" laws and what did they cause in the Southeast
Explain how the Cherokee way of like change after the Europeons arrived?
How did Martin Luther King Jr. protest segregation? Why was this good?
Marting Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln are both people that others admire and look up to. Why are they looked to as heroes? If you had the chance to meet one of these men, who would you like to meet and what would you ask him or say to him.
