Feb. 20-24

The New Fab Lab---Ask your child what they have been creating!

District Spelling Bee-Congrats to Maya!  

Nice Work!

Happy Valentine's Day---Party Fun!!!

Math Centers/Stations

Coming up:

• Mon Feb 13th & Wed Feb 15th - Parent/Teacher Conferences 3-6pm
• Friday, Feb 17th - P/T Conferences - NO SCHOOL
• Mon, Feb 20th - Presidents Day - NO SCHOOL
• Fri, Feb 24th - PV Movie Night - more info to come

Reading: Our next Theme: Natural Disasters
We will finish our Glogs.  Presentations will start next Wednesday.  Please have your child practice presenting at home.  Thanks!

Social Studies: Chapter 6-"Life in the Colonies "

Lesson 1-1700s-West Africa-The slave trade continues to grow.
Lesson 2-1723-Philadelphia-Benjamin Franklin moves to Philadelphia and works as a printer.
Lesson 3-1735-New York-The trial of John Peter Zenger wins the first victory for freedom of the press.
Lesson 4-1739-South Carolina-Enslaved people clash with slave owners in the Stono Rebellion.

Ch. 6 TEST on Monday, 2/27!

Science: Chapter 15-Energy-"Energy exists in many forms and can be changed from one form to another."
Lesson 1-What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy?
Lesson 2-What Are Some Forms of Energy?
Lesson 3-How Is Heat Transferred?
Lesson 4-How Do People Use Energy Resources?

CH. 15 TEST on Friday, 2/24!

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class:  Unit 3:

Module 1-Whole Numbers and Decimal Place Value  
(multiply and divide by 10, base 10)

Module 2-Adding and Subtracting Decimals  
(draw and compare decimals, round and add 10ths, charting decimals and fraction equivalencies, fraction and decimal equivalencies, decimals on a number line)

Module 3-Conversions
(metric conversions, place value patterns)

Module 4-Division and the Area Model
(writing division story problems, solving student-posed story problems.