This week (12/12 – 12/21):
ELA: Spelling Unit 3, Week 3 Vowel Team Syllables; Grammar – Prepositional Phrases and Titles
Genre: Biography; we are reviewing the comprehension strategy and skill: reread and sequence, respectively.
Math: We will be finishing Chapter 6, Add and Subtract Fractions with Unlike Denominators; Chapter 6 TEST will be next Wednesday, December 21.
Social Studies: We have analyzed all of the documents and completed our Magellan DBQ. The next step is prewriting for the Magellan essay.
Science: We completed Chapter 7, Types of Matter, and will continue with Chapter 8, Lesson 1, Chemical Reactions.
We have completed a few Google slide and documents on Google Classroom. Please have your child share with you some of their assignments.
We track off next week on Wednesday, December 21st and return on February 6, 2017. I will send home the second, 2nd trimester progress reports prior to tracking off.
To celebrate the end of the 2016, we will watch the movie Oliver on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. The students are asked to bring in blankets/pillows to lie/sit on during the movie. They will also be permitted to bring a snack (no colored liquids) to nibble on. I prefer “healthy” snacks be brought and shared instead of sugary snacks. We do have a few students with nut allergies, so no nut products.
Upcoming Dates:
December 19, Monday: 4-6 Music/Choir Assembly 9:15 am; movie Oliver with blankets/healthy snacks (no nut products)
December 21, Wednesday: Track Off; Minimum Day; PJ Day; Character Awards 9:40 am for 5/6
January 11, Wednesday: Parent University Night: ADD/ADHD information and Panel Discussion 6 pm – 7 pm in multipurpose room
January 15, Sunday: Sacramento Kings – Sunrise Family Night
February 6, Monday: TRACK ON
February 13, Monday: No School in honor of Lincoln’s Birthday
February 20, Monday: No School in honor of Washington’s Birthday