Tuesday, April 22, 2014

April 28- May 2, 2014

Coming up next:
Dates:
Thursday, May 1-Open House/Book Fair-Come visit our classroom and see all the great things we have been doing.
May 5-9th-TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK :)
Wednesday, May 7th-Science and Industry Field Trip
Friday, May 16th-Early Dismissal 11AM


Spelling:  Lesson 27
Lesson 27-WB pages 120-122 due on Friday!
Test on Friday!


English: Unit 4-Adjectives
We will cover:

L. 1-What is an adjective and writing with adjectives
L. 2-Articles and Demonstratives
L. 3--Comparing with Adjectives
L. 4-Comparing with good and bad
L. 5-Proper Adjectives


Test on Unit 4-Adjectives-Tuesday, April 

29th!


Reading:CHINA UNIT

We will do an extensive unit on China.  Our next unit will cover the topic of plagiarism vs paraphrasing.  This will help when we do our research project on China!

Does your child have anything to share on China?  Do they have any artifacts for our "museum?"  If so, have them bring them in.



Social Studies: Chapter 8-

Chapter 8-"The Road to War"



We will learn about:

Lesson 1-Trouble over Taxes  (British taxes led to greater cooperation among colonies and Patrick Henry was honest and spoke out against King George III and Britain)

Lesson 2-The Colonists Rebel  (Events in Boston brought Britain and the colonies closer to war.  George Watching learned about hard work, commitment, and leadership while working as a surveyor as a young man.  Primary sources can be used to study how people lived and how they felt about important events in their time).

Lesson 3-The Revolution Begins  (The American Revolution began with the battles at Lexington and Concord)


Science: Ch. 12---Earth's Oceans
We have started to learn about ocean in science. 

 Interesting websites:
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/ and  http://www.neok12.com/Oceans.htm

Bonus points:  Look at the websites above and write down 3-5 interesting facts that you DID NOT know about the ocean.  Turn it in by Friday, April 25th for 5 bonus points.


Lesson 1-What are the Oceans Like?
Lesson 2-How Does Ocean Water Move?
Lesson 3-What Force Shape Shorelines?

Review the vocabulary and reread the lessons as we go.  

Wed., April 30th-Ch. 12 TEST on Oceans!


Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:  CH. 9-- Adding and Subtracting FRACTIONS----

Chapter 9:
L. 1 Round Fractions
L. 2 Adding Like Fractions
L. 3 Subtracting Like Fractions
L. 4 Adding Unlike Fractions
L. 5 Adding Unlike Fractions
L. 6 Subtract Unlike Fractions
L. 7 Subtract Unlike Fractions
L. 8 Determine a Reasonable Answer
L. 9 Estimating Sums and Differences
L. 10 Adding Mixed Numbers
L. 11 Adding Mixed Numbers
L. 12 Sub Mixed Numbers
L. 13 Subtract with Renaming




Help your child review adding and subtracting fractions!!!

Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

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