Week 9 Update
Hello!
So sorry for the late blog post! This is our last full week of school before Winter Break, which starts Dec. 21 (next Thursday). Keep in mind that next week, we only have half days on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Also, next Tuesday, we will be having our Robin Hood/Middle Ages celebration! This is a really fun event that culminates our study of the Middle Ages this quarter. We will need a lot of volunteers to help make this event a success so if you are fingerprinted and have time next Tuesday morning, we would love your help!
Weekly Update:
We will continue to practice writing comparing/contrasting paragraphs through the week. The emphasis will be on writing strong introductory and concluding sentences, and using effective transitions. In literature, we will learn about author's purpose and theme. In grammar, we will learn how to write possessive nouns. Please continue to help your child memorize Paul Revere's Ride.
This week in math, we will conclude our unit on measurement by applying what we’ve learned about fractions to measurement. We will practice expressing measurements as proper fractions and mixed numbers. The measurement unit test will be next week.
We will finish learning about tornadoes and hurricanes. There is a quiz on tornadoes and hurricanes on Tuesday 12/12. The cumulative test is on Thursday 12/14 which covers the atmosphere, solar radiation, atmospheric heating, hurricanes, and tornadoes. There is a “jeopardy” review game available at this web address
http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2347356#.Wi2Q-FQ-eRs.
On Friday, we will about air masses and fronts.
In history we finished our Middle Ages unit last week. This week we will start our unit on Islam. We will study the Five Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, the spread of Islam and Islamic culture. We will also focus on important contributions to mathematics, science and art/architecture.
So sorry for the late blog post! This is our last full week of school before Winter Break, which starts Dec. 21 (next Thursday). Keep in mind that next week, we only have half days on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Also, next Tuesday, we will be having our Robin Hood/Middle Ages celebration! This is a really fun event that culminates our study of the Middle Ages this quarter. We will need a lot of volunteers to help make this event a success so if you are fingerprinted and have time next Tuesday morning, we would love your help!
Weekly Update:
We will continue to practice writing comparing/contrasting paragraphs through the week. The emphasis will be on writing strong introductory and concluding sentences, and using effective transitions. In literature, we will learn about author's purpose and theme. In grammar, we will learn how to write possessive nouns. Please continue to help your child memorize Paul Revere's Ride.
This week in math, we will conclude our unit on measurement by applying what we’ve learned about fractions to measurement. We will practice expressing measurements as proper fractions and mixed numbers. The measurement unit test will be next week.
We will finish learning about tornadoes and hurricanes. There is a quiz on tornadoes and hurricanes on Tuesday 12/12. The cumulative test is on Thursday 12/14 which covers the atmosphere, solar radiation, atmospheric heating, hurricanes, and tornadoes. There is a “jeopardy” review game available at this web address
http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=2347356#.Wi2Q-FQ-eRs.
On Friday, we will about air masses and fronts.
In history we finished our Middle Ages unit last week. This week we will start our unit on Islam. We will study the Five Pillars of Islam, Muhammad, the spread of Islam and Islamic culture. We will also focus on important contributions to mathematics, science and art/architecture.
Have a great week!