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Dates:
Mon.-Thurs. Oct. 27-30-Conferences-Students are invited to their conferences and encouraged to attend :)
Fri., Oct. 31-1:15-Halloween Parade and 1:30-class parties
Fri., Oct. 31-1:15-Halloween Parade and 1:30-class parties
November 1 deadline-Box Tops
It is almost time to turn in those Box Tops and Labels for Education labels. Please bring in anything you have so we can collect next week.
ELA-Spelling: Lesson 10 -
Monday-Pretest and assignment given. Pink sheet due Tues. Assignments are due Thurs.
Thursday-Assignments are due.
Friday-TEST
ELA-English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
Friday-TEST
ELA-English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"
Chapter 1-Discussions and Quizzes over the following concepts:
*What is a Sentence?
*Four Kinds of Sentences
*Subjects and Predicates
*Subjects in Imperatives
*Conjunctions
*Run-on Sentences
ELA-Reading: Challenges
We have started our technology project on Sitting Bull. The students will be "digging deeper" on this Native American.
They have chosen 3-4 subcategories to research.
The students should be reading about the topics they chose.
They should be taking notes on each subtopic this weekend.
They will need to give a brief 2-3 sentence description of the event.
The students should relate this event to challenges and give another 2-3 sentence description about challenges faced during this even.
They have chosen 3-4 subcategories to research.
The students should be reading about the topics they chose.
They should be taking notes on each subtopic this weekend.
They will need to give a brief 2-3 sentence description of the event.
The students should relate this event to challenges and give another 2-3 sentence description about challenges faced during this even.
Our essential questions for this unit-1) How can challenges affect yourself and those around you?
2) How do characters, real or fiction, respond to challenges in positive and negative ways?
3) How are challenges conquered in literature and informational text?
Social Studies: Chapter 5-The Struggle to Found Colonies
Lesson 1-1607-Jamestown-The first permanent English colony is started in North America.
After an extensive look into the different Roanoke Scenarios and what happened to this first unsuccessful colony, we will now be moving forward to the study of Jamestown, the first successful English colony. If your child hasn't shown you the Roanoke Slide Presentation, please have them share with you over the weekend.
Lesson 2-1609-Hudson River-Henry Hudson explores for the Dutch.
Lesson 3-1620-Plymouth-The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower.
Lesson 4-1682-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania colony is founded.
Lesson 1-1607-Jamestown-The first permanent English colony is started in North America.
After an extensive look into the different Roanoke Scenarios and what happened to this first unsuccessful colony, we will now be moving forward to the study of Jamestown, the first successful English colony. If your child hasn't shown you the Roanoke Slide Presentation, please have them share with you over the weekend.
Lesson 2-1609-Hudson River-Henry Hudson explores for the Dutch.
Lesson 3-1620-Plymouth-The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower.
Lesson 4-1682-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania colony is founded.
Science: Chapter 6-Ecosystems and Change
In this chapter we will focus on these essential questions:
Lesson 1-How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?
Table Talk:
Ask your child what the three symbiotic relationships are and have them give you examples of each type.
Lesson 3-How Do People Affect Ecosystems?
Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 5-
Common Core Standards: 5.NBT.4-Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place
5.NBT.7-Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used.
We will begin chapter 5 next. This chapter will focus on:
*Round Decimals
*Estimate Sums and Differences
*Problem Solving:Estimating or Exact Answers
* Adding Decimals
*Addition Properties (Associative, Commutative, and Identity Properties)
*Subtract Decimals
TEST will be Thursday, October 30th!
P.E. Class-Square Dancing
