What We Are Learning This Week

I hope that everyone enjoyed their long weekend! This will be a short but busy week!

Math:    Will finish and test Chapter 6 on Friday.  A study guide will come home on Tuesday.

English:  Parts of speech review- nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns and interjections.

Reading: We are finishing Unit 5- Plot.  A study guide with process questions, vocabulary and pattern statement has been given. Unit 5 test will be Wednesday, January 23^rd.January book project will be a biography. Project instructions have been given. Due date for the project is Thursday, January 31^st.  We will start Unit 6- illustrations on Thursday, January 24^th.

Writing: We will continue our Unit on descriptive writing. PATTERN STATEMENT: well-chosen words create pictures.  Students are creating descriptions about their characters and settings of their stories.

Science:  Beginning Investigation 3 Advanced Connections (Series and Parallel Circuits). There will be no quizlet link for this investigation. There are only three terms and they will be covered in class in detail. A note will come home on materials needed to build Mardi Gras floats from shoe boxes that will be lit up from a circuit built in class.

History:    Battle Book Project is due on Tuesday, January 22^nd. We will present projects in class on that day. We will start Chapter 6, Rebuilding Alabama on Thursday.

Spelling:  Spelling Test on Friday, January 25th. Our figurative language focus is now onomatopoeia- a word whose sound suggests its meaning. The word this week is “splash”.  Alabama Fact should come from fact P. 17

Classroom Words: tariff, angle, insulator, biography

Assessments for the week:

Spelling: Friday, January 25th

History: none

Reading: Unit 5- Wednesday, January 23^rd.

Science:  none

Math:  Math Facts quiz- Friday, Jan.25th

Upcoming Events:

January 21^{st (Mon)} - School Holiday- Martin Luther King Day

January 28^{th (Mon)}- Church- 8:10- St. Paul’s Church. Mrs. McCullough’s and Mrs. Benton’s classes will lead in worship.

January 28^th-31^st- Book Fair- more information to come.

January 30^th(Wed)- Early Dismissal for Teacher Professional Development

                                      12:40- Group 1; 12:50- Group 2

February 4^th- Chapel- 8:00 Theatre

February 11^th-15^th- Mardi Gras Break