September 23-27, 2013

Enjoy some pictures from Crazy Hair Day:

Coming up next:

Dates:

Thurs., September 26th-Picture Day
Fri., September 27th-Early Release 11:00AM
Mon., October 14th-NO School-Columbus Day!

Spelling: Lesson 4:

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 end our unit on tall tales by writing our own tall tale and we will perform a skit of a tall tale.  

Writing: 6 Traits
We will use the 6 traits as we write our tall tales.  We will also be using similes, metaphors and hyperboles in our writing.  Ask your child what these forms of figurative language mean.

Social Studies: Chapter 4-"Spain Builds an Empire"
We will begin with chapter 4 this year.
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

Science: Chapter 5- Energy and Ecosystems
In science, we have started chapter 5 on
Lesson 1-How Do Plants Produce Food?
Lesson 2-How Is Energy Passes Through an Ecosystem?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 1-Place Value 

-Place Value Through Millions

-Compare and Order Numbers Through Millions

-Represent Decimals

-Place Value Through Thousandths

-Compare Decimals

-Order Whole Numbers and Decimals