Friday, September 12, 2014

September 15-19, 2014

Can you meet the challenge??








 The Human Knot---Can you meet the challenge?



Coming up next:

Dates:
Saturday-TOMORROW-Community Days-Come see Kodi, the therapy dog there!!!
Tuesday, Sept. 16-Magazine Kick-Off Assembly
Wednesday, Sept. 17-In school band concert 12:45


Word Work/Spelling: Lesson 1 Wordly Wise
Monday-Pretest with Wordly Wise Lesson 1 words.
Tuesday-Practice sheet 
Wednesday-Practice sheet
Thursday-Practice words with a story
Friday-Test-on comprehension of words


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: Close Reading
Next, we will read a poem by Langston Hughes called, "Mother to Son."  We will talk about the metaphors used in this poem and what the poem means.  If you want to read it at home, here is a link:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021


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

We are currently working on writing a letter from Christopher Columbus's point-of-view to the King and Queen.  Ask them to tell you about it.

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: 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-We are lesson 2.
Lesson 3-What is the Scientific Method?


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

Math Class-Please sign up for REMIND, so you can hear what the news is in math!!! :)

Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

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