English/Language
Arts
Unit
31
Spelling Words and Contract will be sent home each Monday and due every
Friday.
Spelling Contracts DUE Friday
Final TEST on Friday
The Spelling
Contract is designed so that each day the students will have a specific skill
on which to focus.
Reading:
Each student will read independently daily for 20 minutes. During this
independent reading time, the students will be reading or writing about what they
are reading. The students are to select their own reading materials. This can
range from magazines, library books, books from home, etc.
In
preparation for the reading portion of the LEAP test, we will be reading short
stories each day using strategies that all good readers use in order to answer
multiple choice and short answer questions.
Language
Arts:
Grammar:
We will be studying/reviewing parts of speech; correcting
sentences for grammatical errors: spelling, punctuation, capitalization, etc.
TEST
FRIDAY
Writing:
Using
the Thinking Maps process and Write From the Beginning method we will be writing
each day on various topics preparing for the written portion of the LEAP test.
Math
This week our focus will be on path lengths, object transformations, and
fractions.
We will be using Study Island to reinforce our math skills.
We
continue to use the PACE strategy to solve word problems as this strengthens our
writing and explaining in math. We will be solving various word problems.