Weekly
Schedule
Reading: Roadrunner's Dance - pages 280-297
This week skills
are author's purpose, evaluating questions, and using a thesaurus.
Selection
Test and Vocabulary Test will be on Friday. Cold Comprehension will be next Monday.
Continue
to read each night. Your goal is to reach 70% of your AR goal by the end of November.
Language:
Students will be writing an essay. They will brainstorm, write a rough draft,
edit, and publish a paper. We are also working on editing skills in Daily Language.
Daily language test will be on Thursday.
Spelling:
The words this week will have an er, ir, or ur spelling.
birth hurl herb curve
serpent person
sternly turkey blurred twirl pearl
shirt purpose turnip dirty
swirl purse
curb curl worse
Homework:
Monday: WS 67
Tues. WS
68
Wed. write each word in cursive
Test - Thursday
Math
Students
will work on rules for tables, problem solving, and solving multiplication and
division equations. We have been working on problem solving strategies.
Lesson
3-13 through 3-15 Test Friday.
You
should know your time tables from 0-10 by December 1st.
Science
We
are starting a unit on plants. Students will learn about plant parts and adaptations
of plants. Class activities will be graded.
Social
Studies
We are starting a unit on the Southeast. Students will complete
a map of the Southeast. Capital and abbreviation test will be next Thursday. Naming
the states will be next Friday.
INVENTION
PROJECT - Due: Wednesday, December 9, 2009