Week of 10/24-10/27

We will NOT be in school on Friday 10/28. We will have a skip week in reading for our assessments since the week is short.

Math: We will practice multiplying decimals in word problems Monday and Tuesday to prepare for our test on Wednesday. Thursday, we will do an activity for a classwork grade about multiplying decimals.

Reading: We will reading informational text about Gila Monsters. We will explore text features and other informational texts throughout the week. We will continue writing workshop by writing narratives.

Social Studies: We will move back into our textbook to learn about the age of exploration. We will have a quiz on Thursday.

Science: We will plan and get ready to build models before we take a Science test on the Solar System on Wednesday.

Week of 10/17-10/21

Math: We will continue multiplying decimals by multiplying decimals by other decimals. We will practice this all week to prepare for an assessment on Friday.

Reading: We will read “A Pet for Calvin” as our weekly story. We will still be working on characters, but begin working on different parts of plot and summarizing stories. We will have our weekly assessment Friday. No spelling this Wednesday, but students should be practicing their words.

Science: We will continue the solar system and learn about the outer planets. We will have a quiz on Friday. We will be introduced to a project that is to be completed at home.

Social Studies: This will be our last week studying Dominican Republic and finishing projects to show other classes throughout the school. The projects look great so far and will be used as a test grade.