Sunday, February 7, 2010

February 8th-February 12th

Mark your calendar:
2/9 Failure Notices
2/12 Valentine's Day Party
2/15 No School—President's Day
2/19 Six Flags Reading Club Deadline
2/25 Spring Pictures
2/26 Ozzie's Reading Club Deadline
2/26 Movie Night

Let's look ahead at our week...

Spelling:
Lesson 21: 1+1+1 words and silent e words with endings. The test will be on Friday.

English:
We will begin lessons on adjectives along with contract enrichment writing assignments.

Reading:
We will continue writing “Reader Responses” to different reading passages and continue practicing reading strategies.

Math:
The Chapter 20 & 21 Math test will be on Wednesday, February 10th. It will cover the following lessons: 20.1, 20.2, 20.3, 20.6, 21.1, 21.3, and 21.4. We will also continue working on explaining our math reasoning in T-Charts. T-Charts will not be included on the math test this week.
*Important: If your child has a different math teacher, please visit her blog for weekly math updates.

Social Studies:
The Chapter 8 Social Studies Test is scheduled for Tuesday, February 9th. Our next Chapter will focus on the people of the Midwest.

Science:
This week we will explore how electricity and magnetism are related. There will be an open-book graded assessment on Thursday.