ENGLISH – This week for English, we will be doing out Unit 4 Check-Up and Cumulative Review.
NUMBER THE STARS – We will be starting our new class novel this week. Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by Newbery Award award-winning author Lois Lowry. It is about the escape of a Jewish family from Copenhagen during Occupation of Denmark on Second World War because of the Holocaust. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_the_Stars)
Each week we will be reading a few chapters in class and completing chapter quizzes. Students are allowed to re-read what we have covered in class, but I ask that they do no read ahead unless they have been given special permission to do so. Please be sure to ask your child questions on what we have read in class and allow them to summarize and describe different events in detail and in order.
MATH – Multiply a 4 and 5-digit number by a 2-digit number.
Homework: Monday: page 136 Sharks All, Iguanas – 1-13, 15, Koalas 1-3, 7-9, 15
PLEASE NOTE: We will be having our Chapter 7 Test on Thursday.
SPELLING HOMEWORK –Study for spelling test this Friday.
Tuesday: page 35-36
Thursday: page 37
SOCIAL STUDIES– Homework: Caribs and Arawaks Project – DUE February 3, 2014 (see handout and previous blog entry)
SCIENCE – Explain how biotic and abiotic factors affect ecosystems.
– Describe how climate affects ecosystems.
– Explain how humans use resources.
We will also be finalizing our science fair topics this week, in order to get started on our research.
BIBLE – Describe how to glorify God through thoughts and actions.
– Answer questions based on a story that focuses on glorying God.
– Sequence the events related to ‘The Fall’.
Homework: – Study Bible Verse for Thursday. (Parents, please encourage your child/children to study and memorize his/her Bible verse. This counts towards their end of term Bible grade.)
Because of the Lord’s great love, we are not consumed, for His compassion never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23