This week we have early release/buddy day on Wednesday. The visit with Santa has been rescheduled for this Friday night from 5-8. The book fair is this week. We will preview it this afternoon, and shop it later this week. Feel free to send in money for your child to shop at their recess time, if you do not want them to wait until our class shopping day on Friday.
This week in curriculum:
In math we are going over the Unit 6 test, and beginning Unit 9, which covers Area, Perimeter, and 3 dimensional shapes. Unit 6 tests will come home today. We will cover area and perimeter before break, and 3 dimensional shapes after the break.
In English Language Arts, students are continuing to learn about Author's Purpose. They are learning to look for the author's clues to determine if the piece was written to persuade, inform, or to entertain. We will be taking a short quiz early next week. In writing, students are learning to add personal stories and metaphors to their opinion essays. Our spelling test is Thursday of next week. I will be collecting all writer's notebooks on Friday for the last collection before break. By the end of the week, A week will have 16 entries, B-week will have 12 entries, and C week will have 8.
Students will have a test in Science over Chapter 4 next Tuesday (12/10). Flashcards should have already come home for students to begin reviewing vocabulary. The study guide is located on pages 187-190, INSIDE of the science textbook. The science textbook may came home on Thursday for students who wish to study over the weekend. All students should bring their books home on Monday to complete the study guides and study for Tuesday's test. Students may wish to tear these pages out of the books and carry them back and forth in their take-home folders instead, which is fine.
Concepts covered in Chapter 4 include:
- Ecosystems
- Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
- Food Chains and Food Webs
- How living things affect the environment
- Fossils and types of fossils
In social studies, students are continuing to learn about early Missourians.
Have a great week! Thank you for all the support with the Adopt-a-Family project!
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