Friday, September 14, 2012

September 17-21





A few pictures of the students during reading learning about similes, metaphors and hyperbole.  Ask them what each word means?


Coming up this week:
Dates:
Thursday, 9/27th-Picture Day




Spelling: Lesson 3:
Monday-Pretest
Homework due Thursday
Test Friday

English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
We will start chapter 1 this week.
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences

Reading: Tall Tales
We will continue to use tall tale stories to identify story structure, distinguish between exaggerated and realistic story elements, and visualize story elements We will also use context clues to define unknown words.

We will begin to write our own tall tales!  What FUN!!!  The students will complete a sloppy copy and then we will be typing the final copy on Thursday!

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"
Lesson 1-The Voyages of Columbus and what it led to
Lesson 2-Different Worlds Collide-Spanish conquistadors establish new colonies in North America and South America
Lesson 3-Life in New Spain-Spain gaining wealth from the settlement in North America

We will be making Aztec masks on Monday. How Cool!

 
Science: Science Inquiry
In science we will start with the first section about "Getting Ready for Science."
Lesson 1-What Tools Do Scientists Use?
Lesson 2-What Inquiry Skills Do Scientists Use
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?

What kinds of experiments will we do this week?  Be sure to ask your child what experiment we did in class.  How did we use the scientific method with the experiment?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-Multiply Whole Numbers
Lesson 1- Mental Math: Patterns in Multiples
Lesson 2- Estimate Products
Lesson 3-Multiply by 1-Digit Numbers
Lesson 4-Multiply by Multi-Digit Numbers
Lesson 5-Problem Solving: Finding a Pattern


Have a Fun Fall Weekend!!!

Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

To see more pictures go to our Google Pic link; https://photos.app.goo.gl/GqsU1Pz2ytZoHicb6 SEL Update: There will not be a formal Second St...