BLUE and GREEN READING: WE HAVE STARTED OUR PERSUASIVE INFORMATIVE FLYERS IN READING. WE ARE REVIEWING TEXT FEATURES AND HOW THEY HELP DEMONSTRATE INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
MONDAY-THURSDAY: READING CALENDAR, READ FOR A MINIMUM OF 25 MINUTES EACH NIGHT AND RECORD ON YOUR READING CALENDAR. THE CALENDAR IS DUE THE 1ST DAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS YOU SIGN IT BEFORE TURNING IT IN.
* CHILDREN ALSO HAVE A SEPERATE READING LOG FOR LOGGING THE BOOKS THEY READ IN CLASS. THIS IS KEPT IN THEIR DESK OR IN THEIR BINDER.
ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR READNG OVER THE WEEKEND :)
BLUE SPELLING:
2 WEEK SPELLING CYCLE
1ST WEEK MONDAY-THURSDAY: NO SPELLING LISTS/QUIZZES UNTIL AFTER SPRING BREAK. WE MAKE INDIVIDUAL SPELLING LISTS AND PRACTICE IN CLASS.
2ND WEEK MONDAY-THURSDAY: . THIS IS OUR SPELLING HW WEEK. EACH NIGHT STUDENTS PRACTICE THEIR SPELLING LISTS BY USING AN ACITIVITY FROM THEIR ACTIVITY LIST(SEE SPELLING SPIRAL) THIS IS THEIR INDIVIDUAL CHOICE BUT I ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY TO USE A DIFFERENT ACTIVITY EACH NIGHT. ANOTHER FABULOUS WAY TO STUDY IS TO VISIT WWW.SPELLINGCITY.COM THEY MAY CHOOSE SPELLING CITY AS AN ACTIVITY FOR ONE OF THEIR HW NIGHTS.
UPCOMING QUIZZES:
BLUE AND GREEN READING CLASSES: WE WILL BE LEARNING AND ASSESSING INFORMATIONAL FLYERS AND DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN SHOW INFORMATION. WE WILL BE USING OUR PERSUASIVE BACKGROUND TO HELP US MAKE OUR OWN AMAZING FLYERS!
Blue Group/Social Studies: WE ARE CONTINUING OUR UNIT IN SOCIAL STUDIES. WE WILL BE DISCUSSING HOW WE MODIFY AND ADAPT TO OUR ENVIROMENT. WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS FOUNDATIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITIZEN.
Writing: WE ARE CONTINUING OUR WRITING TO PERSUADE UNIT. WE HAVE MADE BOOK JACKETS WITH PERSUASIVE BOOK REVIEWS. WE WILL BE USING OUR WRITING TO PERSUADE BACKGROUND TO HELP US WRITE ELECTION POSTERS FOR.....MR. DELICIOUS AND MR. SCRUMPTIOUS, OUR 2 COOKIE CANDIDATES.
HOMEROOM CLASS: THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 23RD WE WILL HAVE A PIZZA AND ICE CREAM PARTY TO CELEBRATE COMPLETING MSA...PIZZA WILL BE PROVIDED BY ME :)
SCIENCE: WE WILL CONTINUE THE CRIME UNIT.WE WILL CONTINUE TO LEARN INTERESTING CRIME SOLVING SKILLS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THEN BEGIN OUR NEW UNIT ON SOUND.
MONTHLY HOMEWORK: THE FIRST WEEK OF EACH MONTH STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A BOOK REPORT. IT IS DUE ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH. THE STUDENTS HAVE 1 MONTH TO COMPLETE THE REPORT.
PLEASE CHECK IMPORTANT DATES PAGE :)
**IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING HOMEWORK PLEASE CONTACT ME **