Proposed
Schedule for the week:
Reading:
We
will have a test on Animals Come Home to Our National Parks on Sept. 3rd. The
vocabulary words for the test are: roamed; completed; journey; natural; wildlife.
The focus skills this week will be main idea; details; character and compound
words; assonance and metaphors.
Language:
We will continue to write paragraphs with a topic sentence, six detail sentences
and a concluding sentence. We will also continue to study the different kinds
of sentences such as: declarative sentence; interrogative sentence; imperative
sentence; and exclamatory sentence. We will begin studying compound subjects and
compound predicates. We will also combine sentences. Test on skills covered completely
will be on Friday.
Spelling:
Students will study words with the long i sound. The spelling words for the
week are as follows: file; drive; kite; pies; die; wipe; inside; highway; wildlife;
height; pride; spy; sigh; shy; prime; sly; pry; climb; minding; fright; twice;
slight; chief; please; sleek. Test will be Friday.
Math:
We will continue to review rounding and estimate totals made up of large numbers.
Students will use appropriate strategies and alternate strategies for solving
word problems. We will also begin studying counting money and making change. Test
on skills covered this week will be Friday.
Science:
We will do stations to measure length, mass, volume, time and distance in different
science activities. Please bring a toy and if you can a shoe box. This week's
grades will come from activities. Thanks!
Social
Studies: We will continue to study the parts of a map. We will cover how to
use a distance scale, compass rose and map symbols. Students will create their
own map this week. We will have a test Thursday on the notes taken in class. We
will begin to study the different regions in the United States. This week's grades
will come from class activities and test. Please remember to look at graded Social
Studies papers in folder to see if any papers need to be signed and returned.