WEEK OF DECEMBER 9TH-13TH

WEEK OF DECEMBER 9TH-13TH

Monday Dec 16th- log cabins are due

Thursday Dec 19th- Spelling Bee "Preliminaries"

Thursday Dec 19th-Santa's Workshop

Thursday Dec 19th- Science Test 

Friday Dec 20th- Genre Unit Test 

Friday Dec 20th Eloquence Day

HOMEWORK: No Homework except for the usual reading consistently all week- all kids know they should be reading frequently all week, every week!

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FUSION PAGE   Mrs. Blowers Fusion Page
You can find fractions and other math links here as well as spelling, grammar, and sites for reading.

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MATH:
    All students have taken the Place Value Test and will bring them home on Monday- I go over each students test with them so it can take 2 days after the test for me to get through them all. We began dabbling in our next unit; multiplying and dividing fractions. We will spend this week reviewing past concepts and continue in our new unit.
Practice sites will be available under the MATH tab next week. 
 
PLEASE have your kids work on their math facts!! They are able to do XTRAMATH at home on the computer in addition to flashcards and other practice activities. I see many mistakes that are simply math facts.
  
READING
  We are enjoying "Sign of the Beaver". We have been reading this aloud as a class and discussing author techniques, vocabulary in context, using clues and background knowledge to make inferences about the text, and summarizing/retelling sections of the book. The Log cabin Project is due Monday.
 
WRITING:     
 The students are in the process of writing persuasive letters to Santa. We discussed how persuasion is all around us and part of our everyday lives. We read some examples and discussed some techniques. These are due on Wednesday. There should be enough time for these to be completed in class, but it will be homework Tuesday for anyone who needs more time.

SCIENCE:   
We did investigations about the motion of tops as well as electricity as a noncontact force. We will review this coming week for the test which will be on Thursday.

SPELLING:
  Students took the lesson 12 test on Friday. We studied contractions.
Next week's lesson 13 skill is homophones.
If your child wants to play games/ practice tests, go to: Spelling City