Odds and Ends
We have had a fantastic first week together!
Congratulations to one of our students for competing in the District Spelling Bee! You did GREAT!
Also, we had a special guest come in and share some awesome hieroglyphics with our class!
If you are interested in the Six flags tickets, please continue to fill out your reading log and get those in by February 17th.
As we finish up our chapter about Matter, we will have an in school "field trip" about matter on Wed. 2/2 about matter. The cost of the presentation will be covered with the money from last years canceled field trip (when your child was in 2nd grade).
Upcoming Events
We have a Chapter 4 English test on Monday January 31st.
Math Students: Chapter 21 Test on February 2nd and x7 test on February 4th.
A Look at Next Week:
Spelling
We will be working on Lesson 15 in Spelling. The pretest will be Monday and we will test on Friday.
Reading
Our focus this week is main idea and supporting details! We will continue with our novel Snow Treasure while focusing on main idea and details.
English
We are done with Chapter 4 in English! We will be stepping away from our textbooks and focus on a writing unit, starting with friendly letter writing.
Science
As we close chapter 11 in our Science books, we will open Chapter 12: Energy! There will be three lessons we will cover in this chapter including; What is Energy, Can energy be Used, and Why is Energy Important?
Social Studies
We are continuing our study on Egypt. We will be focusing on King Tut for awhile. The students will be doing many engaging activities and are having a blast learning about Egypt!
Math
We have started Chapter 21: The Metric System. We will have a mini quiz on Monday January 31st over Metric Length and Metric Capacity. Our Chapter 21 Test will be on February 2nd covering lessons 1, 2,3,4,6. Please be reviewing your X7; the test for x7's will be on February 4th.
Have a WARM weekend!
