December 16-20, 2013

FUN, from our choir concert Tuesday!!!

Coming up next:

Dates:

Tues., Dec. 17th-TRADE FAIR
Tues., Dec. 17-Early Dismissal
Wed., Dec. 18-Bowling Field Trip
Fri., Dec. 20-Tivoli Field Trip

Spelling: Lesson 15 :

Lesson 15 is next!
Pretest on Monday!
Homework due on Thurs.
Test will be Friday!

English: Chapter 5-Capitalization and Punctuation

We will finish up our prediction stories and then we will continue on with Chapter/Unit 5 on capitalization and punctuation.

Lesson 1-Correct Sentences-done

Lesson 2-Proper Nouns-done

Lesson 3-Commas in a Series-done

Lesson 4-More Uses for Commas-done

Lesson 5-Interjections

Lesson 6-Quotations

Lesson 7-Abbreviations

Lesson 8-Titles

TEST

Reading: Novel Study

We will practice our reading skills while reading a novel.  Some students will be reading The Kid in the Red Jacket and some will be reading a book called, Crash.

Have your child summarize what they've read so far in their new novels!!!

Social Studies: Chapter 6-The Colonies will be next!

In chapter 6 we will learn about Life in the English Colonies:

Lesson 1-Working and Trading-  We will have our "TRADE FAIR" on Tues. 12/17.  The students will have fun trading their homemade items.

Lesson 2:  Cities, Towns and Farm in Colonial Times
Lesson 3:  Everyday Life in the Colonies (We will learn about Ben Franklin)
Lesson 4:  Slavery in the Colonies

Science: Ch. 14-States of Matter

We will learn:

Lesson 1:  What is the Structure of Matter?-Done
Lesson 2:  What are the Physical Properties and Changes in Matter?
Lesson 3:  What Are Chemical Properties and Changes in Matter?

Have your child bring home their science book and read some of the lessons we have covered!!!

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: 

Chapter 4-:Divide by a Two-Digit Divisor

Common Core State Standards:

5.NBT.6-Find whole-number quotients of whole numbers with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

Lesson 1-Estimating Quotients with 2-digit Divisors-done
Lesson 2- Divide Using Base-10 Blocks to explore 2-digit divisors suing models-done
Lesson 3-Divide by a Two-Digit Divisor-done
QUIZ Wed., Dec. 11th
Lesson 4-Adjust the Quotient when the estimated digit is too high or too low.
Lesson 5-Divide greater numbers by multi-digit divisors
Lesson 6-Problem Solving
QUIZ

TEST Chapter 4--THURS., DEC. 19th!!!