Grammar
– Begin sentences with capital letters and end them with the correct end marks. – Proofread for missing capital letters and end marks- Rewrite statements as questions, commands, or exclamations.
Writing
– Share their opinions about a specific topic using facts and details.
– Persuade their reader’s with a powerful conclusion.
Reading
– Continuing with Reading Assessments
Because of Winn-Dixie – A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller. One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries – and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it’s because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie. Featuring a new cover illustration by E. B. Lewis and an excerpt of Kate DiCamillo’s newest novel, Raymie Nightingale.
We’re staring a new class novel! YIPPEE! We’ll be covering about 5 chapters per week and then completing a quiz following.
Some of the objectives that we will be covering while reading are:
- Offer observations, make connections, react, speculate, interpret, and raise questions in response to text
- Identify and discuss book themes, characters, plots, and settings
- Connect their experiences with those of the author and/or with characters from the books
- Support predictions, interpretations, conclusions, etc. with examples from text
- Practice key reading skills and strategies (cause-and-effect, problem/solution, compare-and-contrast, summarizing, etc.)
- Monitor their own comprehension
– Reading Chapters 14-15
Numeracy Students will be learning how to add and subtraction fractions using models and number lines.
Science – Students will continue working on their ecosystem and food web projects, coming along really well! – They will also be learning about how ecosystems are influenced and effected by people.
Homework
Literacy
Tuesday – Workbook Plus page 72 Wednesday – Reteaching Workbook (handout) page 45 Thursday – Reading – Quizizz – https://join.quizizz.com GAME CODE – 471015
Numeracy
Mathletics: Tuesday-Thursday Students are to choose ONE assignment a night, to complete. They have several opportunities to complete in class during rotations, lab and investigative math session.
Science For the unit test, students will be completing 4 smaller quizzes and adding the points for a final score.
I am encouraging students to complete what they can in class, but if not they will take home and returned the next day. All the quizzes will be completed by next week, so be on a look out if they are taken home.
I do ask that if students bring it home, it must be done independently. They are open book, so they need to practice those skills of using their resources and finding the answers on their own. Lesson 1, Chapter 5 quick study is DUE Thursday
Bible Verse
“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27
