ELA/Writng
This week in reading, students are working on comparing and contrasting ideas in informational text. Small group instruction is going to continue, with students beginning chapter book lessons this week and next. We will continue to work on persuasive writing. Please make sure your child reads for 30 minutes every night.
Math
5th Grade Math
Fifth graders have a test on all of Module 2 on Friday. We will review for the test Thursday. Their review guide was sent home Friday, and will be due at the review session. Tomorrow and Wednesday we will be completing the last two lessons on the test, Lesson 28 and Lesson 29.
Homework for Lesson 28 and Lesson 29 will be optional to allow 5th grade to prepare for their test. Here are links to the homework and a supportive video:
4th Grade Math
Students are transitioning to learning about multiplying one and two-digit numbers by 10s, 100s, and 1,000s. We will work to understand multiplication of such high-value numbers conceptually. Our goal is to get through lesson 6, and perhaps reach for lesson 7.
Science
We are continuing our study of space. Our goal is to complete an investigation about how early peoples determined there were 24 hours in one day.
Social Studies
5th Grade Social Studies
We are continuing our case study of Christopher Columbus. What did he accomplish? How did the native peoples he met with view him? How did his crew view him? Students will debate whether or not he was a hero based on historical evidence.
4th Grade Social Studies
We our continuing our introductory study of human geography. We will introduce concepts of population this week to build up to a discussion of immigration outside/within the United States.
Spelling Words
- Fossil
- Novel
- Utensil
- Quarrel
- Stencil
- Channel
- Civil
- Squirrel
- Tranquil
- Apparel
Words will be up on Spelling City this evening. Students and I will build a list of possible cold words throughout the week. From this list of 10 to 15 words, I will pick five additional words to quiz students on the test to help them further practice the spelling patterns we are learning.
Additional Announcements
Please make sure you are signed up on the Remind app. See my previous post for instructions. Students began working on Google Classroom today, and I will provide the option for you to subscribe to Google Classroom sometime this week.