Greetings
Parents,
I
hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are headed into Week 8 and only have
three weeks of this quarter left. Here are the lessons for this week.
Language Arts
Poem
“The
Charge of the Light Brigade,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Spalding
We
will be doing the normal spelling quiz on Friday with a review of the
phonograms. We will also be taking a formative assessment on Thursday. This
will not be used for the grade book, but to assess if students are remembering
words previously learned.
Writing
and Grammar
The
students will be reviewing many of the grammatical lessons they have learned
throughout the year and continuing to improve their summarizing ability. We
will also be focusing on comprehension skills and correctly answering questions
about a text.
Literature
The
students will be taking a quiz over chapters three and four, “Tiger! Tiger” and
“The White Seal,” of The Jungle Book on
Tuesday. Students should have started reviewing over the weekend and we will
review on Monday as well.
Math
The
students are reviewing the metric measurement of capacity, or volume, liters
and milliliters, with a focus on adding and subtracting compound units and
solving in word problems. The students will be given a quiz over this on
Thursday. On Friday, students will be introduced to customary measurements of capacity.
History
We
began our research project on Friday with identifying the two resources that
will be used. Each student selected at least one Internet and one book source.
This week students will begin finding important facts and take notes about
their assigned explorer. These notes will be used to build the essay students
will write next week.
Science
The
class has been making observations and discoveries about light. This week the
students will understand how a prism allows white light to be broken up into
different colors. Tuesday, the students will review their notes, and they will
be assessed on Thursday.
Assessments at a Glance
Monday:
None
Tuesday:
The Jungle Book, Chapters 3 and 4
Wednesday:
None
Thursday:
Math and Science
Friday:
Spalding
Best,
Michael
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