Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone had a relaxing break.  We will have homework this week (see below) but I will not be sending home Monday Papers until next week on Tuesday (we are out Monday for MLK Day).

Important Dates:

Friday 1/13  Report Cards

Monday 1/16  MLK Day Holiday

Thursday 1/19  Map test on the Thirteen Colonies

Friday 1/20  Spelling Test

Homework:

Tues 1/10  Spelling Choice and Dino Demo Sheet

Weds 1/11  Map Review Sheet signed and What is the Decimal Number?

Thurs 1/12  Spelling Choice and Lantern Glow Sheet

What We are Learning:

Math - We are reviewing how decimals are another way of writing fractions and how the decimal point separates the whole from the fractional part.  So, we will understand that parts of a whole or set may be represented in a variety of ways - fractions, decimal fractions, improper fractions, and mixed numbers. We will also review the concept that when decimal fractions are added or subtracted the same rules of computation apply as for whole numbers.

English - We will review adjectives and add to student's knowledge by introducing comparative and superlative forms.

Spelling - We will be covering Sort 25 on words spelled with silent t, g, w, k, h and gh.

Download Sort 25

Reading -  We are reading informational texts on the Colonial Period.  We will read and comprehend in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:

Locates facts to answer their questions

Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary) and graphic (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, illustrations) features and common organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect)

Distinguishes cause from effect and fact from opinion (or fiction) while reading.

Summarizes main ideas and supporting details.

Acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing

Social Studies - We begin a unit on the Colonial Period.  During this unit we will concentrate on map skills such as how to locate the thirteen colonies on a map, along with major man made features such as New York City, Boston, Philadelphia and the Erie Canal.  The students will receive a map review sheet on Weds. 1/11 for a test on Thurs. 1/19.  We will also develop an understanding of how physical characteristics of an area can help to determine its economic activities.