MUR - This week we will finish working with the story "Tuesday of the Other June" with a few character and retell related activities. Along with the story we will work out of our Wordly Wise books which focus on vocabulary and also out of our Analytical Grammar books where we have already started working with nouns, proper nouns, adjectives, articles, and pronouns, prepositions,and action verbs.
Spelling homework is due Friday.
This week's spelling words are homonyms. they are words that have the same spelling and same pronunciation but have different meanings. Example: bat - One means the stick you use to hit the ball in baseball, and the other is a flying animal.
MUM - This week we will wrap up adding and subtracting decimals and review for the interim that we will take on Thursday or Friday. Next week we will start to work on multiplying and dividing decimals.
Science - We will continue to work through our geology unit. This week were are learning all about rocks and minerals along with weathering and erosion. Students were given a study guide on Monday for the up coming quiz. The quiz is scheduled for Monday, December 19th.
Writing - This week we will be working on the 6+1 trait of VOICE. Students will look at the purpose and audience of a piece of writing and learn how to use voice in order to reach the audience appropriately. Students will be writing their own version of "The Three Little Pigs" using great voice.
Read Aloud - We are reading the Core Knowledge Novel Robinson Crusoe.
