December 3- 7

It is hard to believe that December is already here!  This is a busy month, so I will try to keep this site as up-to-date as possible. 

Here is a look at our week ahead:

In Science, we will be comparing and contrasting our school's ecosystem from dates earlier in the year.  We will also take a closer look at birds that are commonly found in Missouri.  We will complete a short research project throughout the week.  On Friday, we will have a quiz over the Unit Two activities we have conducted.

In Math, we will be looking at multi-step problems on Monday.  On Tuesday, we will prepare for our test that will be on Wednesday.  As a reminder, we will be taking and grading the 5 minute multiplication fact test.  Please study at home with your child if this is still a challenge for them to complete.  On Thursday and Friday, we will explore division. 

In Reading, we will be focusing on non-fiction text features,  To do this, we will compare and contrast fiction to non-fiction.  We will work on predicting non-fiction, as well.  We will play some review games to check for understanding.  We will also look at non-fiction to apply our new skills. 

In English Language Arts, we will be studying subject-verb agreement, and irregular verb forms.  We will also take a closer look at adding suffixes to verbs.  Our writing strategy for the week will be to write from different genres.  To do this, students will need to think about their purpose as authors and what each genre of writing has in it to try and mimic it.  for example, they may be asked to write something that happened to them over the weekend as a fairy tale, or a newspaper article.  They may write, "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who went to a basketball game.  She dribbled down the royal court and shot a knightly layup."  The twist this week is that the students will be asked to continue writing their brain dump and switch the genre as they write.  It should be fun and promote thinking about author's purpose.