Sunday, April 28, 2013

April 29-May 3


In MUR...

The reading MCAs are done - yea! 

This week we are back to our normal schedule in MUR. We will be starting a fairytale unit that will take the next two weeks to complete. It will focus on many skills including character development and theme. Students will have spelling homework this week using the WW words from lesson 15. The spelling homework will be due Friday. 

Please check Infinite Campus grades regularly at home so you can keep up with how your child is doing in class. 

In MUM...
Monday and Tuesday we will be taking the MCAs. The rest of the week we will devote to a review of telling time, and also talk about elapsed time.  Math homework packets are due Friday. This packet will contain a few basic fact worksheets and will also contain a few pages on the topic that we are working on during the week. There may also be homework that comes home during the week, of in class work is not finished in class. This work will be due the following day.

Please check Infinite Campus grades regularly at home so you can keep up with how your child is doing in class. 

In Writing...
This week we continue to work on comparing and contrasting paragraphs. We will also be spending 1-2 days per week in the lab working on our typing skills. NO LAB TIME THIS WEEK DUE TO MCAs.  The free website that we will use is http://www.freetypinggame.net if you would like to access it at home. Another great site that you can encourage your child to use at home is called http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/.

In History...
Welcome back Mrs. Slaviks class. This week we will be studying the next unit which is called The US Constitution. It is ten chapters long which we will get through by the end of the week. With little time, we will have a short open book quiz at the end of the unit.


What we are reading for read aloud...
We are currently reading Tuck Everlasting.