Oct. 3-14, 2016

Congrats, Lily for earning our first 

PRIDE Award---RESPECT!!!

Learning about the Periodic Table!!!

Math:  Gallery Walk of Volume Posters

Working on our Story Map:  Jessie Comes Across the Sea

 Preschool Reading Buddies

 Thanks, Adam, for donating a book to our class, 

for you birthday!!!

Coming up next:

Dates:
October
4:  Picture Day
7:  Mid-term
Ch. 4 SS test
10: No School-Columbus Day
28:  BOOK PROJECT Summary due
31:  Halloween Parties 1:10

Reading: Close Reading
We will continue to practice close reading skills, as we head into Unit 1-Challenges-of our ELA Unit!  The students will learn about text marking and reading deeper to help with understanding of complex texts.   The students will read a poem by Langston Hughes called, "Mother to Son."  

Language skills:  Similes and Metaphors, Inferences

Writing: 6 Traits
- Word Choice

This week we talked about adding Voice to our writing.  Adding figurative language, such as onomatopoeias, similes and metaphors, word choice and sentence variety are a few things you can do to add voice/personality to your writing. 

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

SS-Chapter 4 Test will be on Friday, October 7th!!

Science: Chapter 14-States of Matter
We started reading Lesson 1 in our States of Matter Chapter.  Ask your child what they have learned so far.

We will be covering:

Lesson 1-What is the Structure of Matter?
We will identify some physical properties of matter, define matter, atoms and molecules and relate the three states of matter to the arrangement and movement of particles.

We have dug deeper and we are learning about the Periodic Table.  Each student is completing a poster project in class about an element.  Ask your child about it.  What are their requirements and expectations?

Lesson 2-What Are Physical Properties and Changes?
We will be describing three states of matter, explain density and how it relates to volume and compare and contrast mixtures and solutions.

Lesson 3-What are Chemical Properties and Changes?
We will define chemical change, compare chemical changes, and explain how matter is conserved when a chemical change occurs.


Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:  Unit 1:  Expressions, Equations and Volume

Module 1-Multiplication and Volume
Module 2-Factors, Multiples, and the Associative Property
Module 3-Multiplication Strategies
Module 4-From Multiplication to Division (with remainders)

Have a super weekend!

September 9-September 23

In Science-Practicing Inferences and Observations with a "candle" demonstration.

Did you hear about this???

The Birthday Girl donated a book to our class for her birthday!!!

Thanks, Lily!

Working together on a social studies activity dealing with the Colombian Exchange.  Ask your child to tell you about the Colombian Exchange.

Coming up next:

Dates:
Mon., Sept. 12-Magazine Kick-Off Fund Raiser
Thurs., Sept. 15-Sub Alert -(I will be in meetings today and there will be a sub in the classroom).
Thurs., Sept. 15-Band Concert Kick-off Assembly

Reading: Close Reading
We will continue to practice close reading skills, as we head into Unit 1-Challenges-of our ELA Unit!  The students will learn about text marking and reading deeper to help with understanding of complex texts.   The students will read a poem by Langston Hughes called, "Mother to Son."  

Writing: 6 Traits
We talked about Word Choice this week and how onomatopoeia add some life to a story or poem.  We also talked about keeping the reader guessing and using inferences in our writing.

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 on Lesson 1 and we are working on a slide show about the Columbian Exchange. We will continue to work on this in class next week and we will be writing letters to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (practing our writing trait of  VOICE) from Christopher Columbus's point of view.
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 14-States of Matter
We started reading Lesson 1 in our States of Matter Chapter.  Ask your child what they have learned so far.

We will be covering:

Lesson 1-What is the Structure of Matter?
We will identify some physical properties of matter, define matter, atoms and molecules and relate the three states of matter to the arrangement and movement of particles.

Lesson 2-What Are Physical Properties and Changes?
We will be describing three states of matter, explain density and how it relates to volume and compare and contrast mixtures and solutions.

Lesson 3-What are Chemical Properties and Changes?
We will define chemical change, compare chemical changes, and explain how matter is conserved when a chemical change occurs.


Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:  Unit 1:  Expressions, Equations and Volume

Module 1-Multiplication and Volume
Module 2-Factors, Multiples, and the Associative Property
Module 3-Multiplication Strategies
Module 4-From Multiplication to Division (with remainders)

Have a great weekend!