This week we will begin DRA and NWEA testing.  We also have field day on Monday.    Here is what our week looks like:

Reading:  Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

Writing:  Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.
a. Introduce a topic or text clearly, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
b. Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
c. Link opinion and reasons using words and phrases (e.g. for instance, in order to, in addition).
d. Provide a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented.

Math:  4.G.3 Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.

Science: How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce? LS2: How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions?

Social Studies:  Describe how positive (e.g., responding to a sale, saving money, earning money) and negative (e.g., library fines, overdue video rental fees) incentives influence behavior in a market economy. 4 – E1.0.5: Explain how specialization and division of labor increase productivity (e.g., assembly line).
4 – H3.0.5: Use visual data and informational text or primary accounts to compare a major Michigan economic activity today with that same or a related activity in the past.

Spelling Words:

Group 1: /ou/& / oi/ sounds:

appoint – midpoint – noises – voices – thousand – grouch – drought – android – ouch – spout – Content are: rate, per hour, per gallon, per pound, average

Group 2: Irregular plural nouns:

Woman, women, man, men, goose, geese, foot, feet, mouse, mice, tooth, teeth, own, together, shall