What's Happening ? 

 November 9, 2009

Dear Parents,

These are the skills we will be working on this week.


LANGUAGE ARTS

Unit 1 Theme:  Finding My Place

Story this week:  Allie's Basketball Dream
Skills:  Cause and effect, long i and short i, imperative and exclamatory sentences, synonyms, and ongoing review from previous lessons.

MATH
Unit 3:  Linear Measures and Area 

Skills:  perimeter, polygons, measure line segments to the nearest 1/4 inch, measure line segments in cm., collect data, construct pictographs, bar graphs, line plots, and interpret the results.

HOMELINKS ARE THE STUDY GUIDE FOR MATH TESTS.


***Math grades will not go home (only math tests.  Grades come from daily oral assessment.

 


SCIENCE
Unit 3:  Animal Adaptations  Test: Nov. 25th
 
This is unit A & B in the science book.  Vocabulary:  environment, camouflage, hibernate, metamorphosis, adaptation, mimicry, migrate, instinct  ***EACH STUDY GUIDE WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS.  Please help your child make flash cards, study cards, and/or explore the internet with the terms and vocabulary. 


SOCIAL STUDIES
Unit 2:  Ancient Civilizations - Greece, Rome, and Mali
This unit will take about 9 weeks.  It will involve 3 tests (one for each civilization covered).  We start ancient Mali today for 3 weeks.

STUDENTS:  ANSWER THE BUZZ QUESTION ON PAPER  BY WEDNESDAY AND GET TWO EXTRA PENNIES:  What do we use to measure length?
ruler or scale

Students should start practicing for their multiplication tables up to 12.  Please buy or make flash cards to keep at home and practice.

ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN HOMEWORK EACH NIGHT.  ( Use homework as a chance for you and your child to go over weak areas at home).  Homework is a great review of lessons taught.
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