Class News
We are in desperate need of an electric pencil sharpener!
We are working to gather supplies for our upcoming holiday
activities. Please look for an email
regarding item donations.
Readers’ Workshop
We are continuing to develop theories during our study of
characters. This week we will focus on
character motivations and lessons learned in the text. Your child should be doing this same deep
thinking in their nightly reading. Ask
your child to show you their “thought jots” in their independent text. Students are working to organize these jots,
noticing trends, and ultimately growing theories about their characters.
Our fifth Reading BINGO Response is due this Friday, December 17th.
Writers’ Workshop
This week we will continue
drafting persuasive speeches. We will
work to develop ideas, keeping in mind our target audience and how to address
them. As writers, we want to make sure
our audience can always read our drafts, so we will stress the importance of
editing as we write, as opposed to holding all editing until the end of the drafting
process.
Skills
Students should study and
complete one of the homework options for spelling list 10. Our quiz will be Friday. The quiz will also
cover our skills sheet. This week’s
focus is synonyms and antonyms. Our
daily skills sheet (in their ROAR folder) will serve as their study guide.
Social Studies
We will continue our study of state
government. Students
should study their blue sheets to prepare for Friday's quiz. They will
need to be very familiar with the role that lawmakers, the governor, and judges
play in Florida's government.
Math
This week we will continue practicing proper division notation as
we solve more multiplication and division problems. Students will
continue using multiplication equations as a strategy for solving division
situations. We will have a multiplication and division quiz Wednesday on Unit
5 material. Students should review workbook pages 42-44, 47, and 48 to
prepare. We will also have a fluency quiz Friday on the 3s and 6s.
Our goal is to finish this math unit before Christmas vacation. We are aiming for
our unit test to take place on Tuesday, December 17th. If there is a change
in this plan, it will be indicated in your child's planner, as there will not
be a newsletter next week. Students should review unit 5 in their
workbook, and they should be aware of the following concepts: multiplication is
the combining of equal groups; division is the splitting of quantities into
equal groups; there is a relationship between skip counting, repeated addition,
and multiplication; and they must be able to use and demonstrate understanding
of multiplication and division notation.
Science
We will continue our discussion and
exploration of light energy. There will be a quiz Thursday, covering the workbook
material and lab notes on light energy. We will continue to explore the way light travels when it
hits different mediums. We will discuss why light moves at different speeds through
different states of matter.
