Upcoming events:
12-5 School Store
12-5 Evening Strings concerts
12-6 SPTG Visit with Santa 5-8- Also, the book fair begins! We will go to the library to preview it on Friday.
This week in curriculum:
In math, we are finishing up Chapter 19 by learning about geometric patterns. We will have a review day on Tuesday and take our Unit 6 Test on Wednesday. This will cover all of the material learned in our Geometry Unit so far. Your child should know the types of polygons (quadrilaterals, triangles), types of angles and lines (acute, obtuse, straight, and right), and all about motion geometry (lines of symmetry, rotational symmetry, translations, reflections, rotations, congruent and similar figures). Please look at the anchor charts posted previously on the blog.
In English Language Arts, we are learning about Author's Purpose. This piggy backs off of making inferences. They can remember this using the saying PIE. The three reasons an author writes something are P- Persuade, I-inform, and E-entertain. When your child is reading this week, ask them to tell you the author's purpose of their book. In writing we are continuing to generate ideas for our opinion essays. We will be working on choosing our topic and writing our thesis statements this week. New spelling words come home today. We will take our spelling test THURSDAY, December 19th in stead of Friday. Spelling tic tac toes will be due Thursday as well. Book projects are due MONDAY, December 9th. Make sure your child has finished reading their book this week, so they can complete the project portion by Monday.
In science, students are continuing to learn about ecosystems.
In social studies, students are continuing to learn about early Missourians.
As always, please let me know any questions or concerns you have. I hope you all have a wonderful week!
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