October 9-- No School Columbus Day
October -27--No School Parent Teacher Conferences
Reading: We will continue our Courage theme. This week we are continuing to close read an excerpt from the "I Have a Dream" speech. We will then focus on a writing activity answering the question, What lesson about courage was Martin Luther King trying to teach through his actions? The students will use ideas and direct quotes from the text to support their answer. We are also focusing on how to determine cause and effect in the story.
English: We will begin a unit on Capitalization and Punctuation. This week's focus is capitalizing names of people and pets along with correcting run-on sentences.
Spelling: Unit 7 - "Suffixes "-ness", "-less", and "-en"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the suffixes -ness, -less, and-en. We will study the definitions of these suffixes and how to determine the meaning of unknown words by breaking the words into base words and suffixes and by using context clues. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 10/13.
Science: We will begin a unit in Life Science. We will learn that animals are grouped into different categories. We will also read and learn which animals are vertebrates and which animals are invertebrates,
Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: In math this week we will begin Unit Two, Module One, Building Multiplication Arrays. Students should be practicing their multiplication facts nightly to help prepare for this chapter. Students will determine the area of base ten pieces in square centimeters and discuss the idea that the area of each piece represents its place value.
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the suffixes -ness, -less, and-en. We will study the definitions of these suffixes and how to determine the meaning of unknown words by breaking the words into base words and suffixes and by using context clues. The final test is scheduled for Friday, 10/13.
Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class: In math this week we will begin Unit Two, Module One, Building Multiplication Arrays. Students should be practicing their multiplication facts nightly to help prepare for this chapter. Students will determine the area of base ten pieces in square centimeters and discuss the idea that the area of each piece represents its place value.
