Field Trip is Thursday, September 26th!! Please be sure to pack a lunch. Chaperones, please make sure you are at the school by 8AM. Bus will leave promptly at 8:30AM.
Here is what is happening this week:
ELA
- Here are the spelling words: object, encounters, dissolve, poster, comedy, introduction, metric, gossip, program, meter, focus, federalism, rotation, vocal, exponential, exponent, expanded, oppose, mass, pocket.
- We are wrapping up inferencing and supporting it with text.
- We will begin working on theme of a story by identifying details of characters and using graphic organizers.
- In writing we are publishing our personal narratives.
Math
- We will be working on using exponents to denote powers of 10 with application to metric conversions.
- Then we will work on naming decimal fractions in expanded, unit, and word forms by applying place value reasoning. Use the chart below to help with homework.
Science
- We started mystery 2 by asking ourselves if we could make worthless things into gold.
- Students did an experiment with pennies and a steel nail to see how the copper changed the steel nail to copper.
- Students made observations and are taking notes on the changes.
Social Studies
- We are continuing to talk about the three branches of government.
- We will be doing a sort of jobs that each branch of government holds so that we can see the different between all three branches.
Please let me know at any time if you have any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!
