Weekly Happenings
April 21-25

Unit 10 Math Test on Friday! Social Studies Chapter 11 Quiz on Tuesday.


  




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Math     
This week we will continue to study Unit 10.  This week we will discuss:
  • Unit 10.4  Line Symmetry.  Students will be learning how different objects have a line of symmetry.  Students will draw each object’s line of symmetry.
  • Unit 10.5  Frieze Patterns.  We will discuss what frieze patterns are and the properties that make them up.
  • Unit 10.6  Positive and Negative Numbers.  We will discuss and practice using the number line to add and subtract positive, as well as negative numbers.  We will then play Credits/Debits game.
  • We will review the Unit 10 study guide to prepare for the test. 

Otter Creek:  Students will be completing their lettered timing each day.  If they don't pass, they are to complete the top half of the sheet for homework.
 
Reading
The story that we will read this week is called:

Gold Rush

 These are the skills that the students will be practicing when reading these stories:
    

  • Fact vs. Opinion.  Throughout the text the students will see different sentences and will practice determining which are facts, as well as which are opinions.
  •  Using Text Structure and Format.  Students will see how the text is set up and how they can use the title headings to find information that they are searching for. 
Vocabulary Words: beckons, profitable, abandoned, fares, multicultural, and rugged.

Reading Mystery: In groups students will read a short story mystery in which they have to put the pieces together in order to solve it.  Students practice using such skills as: recalling events, inferencing, and sequencing to help them determine who did it.

Calvin and Hobbes:  We will be looking at a couple of comics and using picture clues, as well as text clues to figure out why the comic is so funny.  Also, we will be practicing making inferences which will allow us to read between the lines.

I encourage you to reread what we have read in class and allow your child the opportunity to show his/her comprehension skills.  This is also an easy way to review the story to see if your child understands it.
Writing We will continue Mountain Language.  This is a program that helps students understand the parts of speech and focuses on developing grammar skills.

Grammar:  Types of Sentences.  We will review the different types of sentences.
State Fair

This week we willcontinue our State Fair unit.    This week the students will:

  •  Famous People Riddles:  Students will be researching famous people from their state and using this information to write a riddles for three of them.

  • Tourist Poster.  The students will be creating a tourist poster using information from their state.  They will make the poster to highlight places to visit.

Social Studies We will be studying about our states for our State Fair booklet.

Science

We will be studying about the wetlands this week.

  • Food Web/Habitat Activity.  We will review the habitat and the food web of organisms living in a wetland.
  • Review common wetland vocabulary terms
  • Water Quality Activity.  The students will determine which organisms are tolerant and intolerant to polluted water.

 


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