Important Dates:
November 17 End of Trimester
November 20- Scholastic book orders due
November 22-27 Thanksgiving Break
Can you guess which turkey your child made?
Reading: We will finish up with the biography of Gloria Estefan. There will be an open book quiz on Monday. The students will also be writing a newspaper article called "A Star with a Heart." The following week the students will be introduced to the world of mythology. The first myth they will read is The Myth of Hercules. They will compare and contrast their views of a hero and evaluate whether or not they feel that Hercules has the traits to consider him a hero.
English: The unit 5 English test is Tuesday. We will also continue to work on writing skills this week and share our Turkey stories.
Spelling: No spelling this week. Unit 13 the following week will focus on Homographs. Homographs are words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings.
Social Studies: We will continue our study of the Southeast. We will learn how the Southeast is rich in different resources. These resources are used in different industries throughout the region. The chapter 6 test is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, November 30th.
Science: We will continue a unit on Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. We will learn the stages in a plants life cycle and how plants reproduce. The students will be creating a diagram of the Life Cycle of a Plant.
Mrs. Spakausky's and Mrs. Krasnodebski's Math Class: The Unit 2 test will be on Tuesday. A review packet was sent home on Friday and is due tomorrow.
Science: We will continue a unit on Life Cycles of Plants and Animals. We will learn the stages in a plants life cycle and how plants reproduce. The students will be creating a diagram of the Life Cycle of a Plant.
We will begin unit 3 after Thanksgiving break. The students will review fraction skills and concepts and extend their understandings to mixed numbers, improper fractions and more sophisticated strategies for generating equivalent fractions.
