Week at a Glance-Week of August 31st

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue practicing multiplication fast facts and problem solving strategies. We will also continue place value using hands on activities with base 10 blocks.  *It is very important to be studying fast facts at home!! We only have a few students who have mastered their facts.  

Reading-We will be focusing on character traits and point of view as we continue reading Wonder as our mentor text for our Choose Kind PBL. We will test this week on vocabulary from the book and introduce Greek/Latin roots vocabulary.

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we will be finishing our memoirs and having mini lessons on complete sentences. We are testing on complete sentences. 

Social Studies-We will be continue learning about the Native American regions while our expert groups present. Be on the lookout for a letter home about NA home suppies!!

Science- We are finishing our process skills unit as we practice making observations, inferences, and predictions using pictures. We will be testing on process skills this week! We will introduce safety and investigations.

                                    Anchor Down for…Upcoming Tests/Projects:

·       Wednesday-Science Test on Process Skills *Review process skill notes and vocab in Science NB

·       Thursday- ELA Test on Complete Sentences *Review complete sentences notes in Writing NB (Writer’s Toolbox section)

·       Friday- Math 4 Today Test *Review Math 4 Today Practice Sheet Wk. 11

·       Friday- Wonder TIPS #1 Vocab. Test

·       Next Tuesday- Greek/Latin Roots Vocab. Test #1

 Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       Monday-Make flash cards for Wonder vocabulary

·       Read 2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Study Multiplication flashcards (6’s facts) 10 minutes *every night* & sign log

·       Math workbook HW on place value throughout the week

·       Study science notes, complete sentence notes, vocabulary, and Math 4 Today

                                                  AHOY…Announcements Ahead!

Upcoming Events:  

• Fall Map Testing-Week of August 24^th and August 31^st
• Thursday- Picture Day
• Friday-College Colors Day
• Monday, September 7^th- Labor Day-No School

**Note-The first graded papers folder will be sent home THIS Monday! There have been some technology issues with Powerschool, and I will update grades as soon as the problem is fixed. Thank you!!

100 BC Goals

Good-31

Better-40

Crew Member of the Week
Check out Allie’s tweets this week by following our class on twitter! @mrsburns19girls

Allie Franklin is our star student this week for showing the character traits of KINDNESS, CRITICAL THINKING and POSITIVITY in the classroom this week!! Allie always has great ideas to offer during our class discussions and works very hard!  She is a role model by always staying positive no matter what! Way to go, Allie!!!