Week of Jan. 29th

Important Dates:
February 1-- Early Dismissal
February 12-13 Parent Teacher Conferences
February 14- Valentine's Day parties

Reading:   The students will be introduced to a culminating project for the courage unit, titled "Profile in Courage". Your child will research a historical figure who showed courage, create a slide presentation  and present his/her project to the class.

Time For Kids: There will  not be a quiz this week in Time For Kids.

English:   In English this week we will continue to  work on Explanatory Writing. We will write a class essay on why Lou Gehrig is considered a hero. Later in the week the students will be assigned to write an essay of someone they consider to be a hero in their life.

Spelling:  Unit 17  Greek Roots
 This week's list includes words with the suffix "-tion". Students will learn that when the suffix -tion is added to a verb, the word becomes a noun. When -tion is added to a word that ends in an "e" or "t", the "e" or "t" is dropped. The final test for this lesson will be on Friday, 2/2.

Social Studies:  We will continue our study of the Midwest. In lesson three we will read and learn how the Midwest is one of the largest farming regions. 

Science:  We will continue chapter 3,  Adaptations.  We will learn what basic needs are shared by all living things and how adaptation allow living things to meet their needs. We will also read and learn how instinctive behaviors and learned behaviors can help animals survive. Animals can migrate or hibernate to avoid severe weather.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue with Unit Four Addition and Subtraction.
 We will then  Module 3, "Measurement."   We will review rounding multi-digit whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousands. We will also. focus on  the relative sizes of centimeters, meters, and kilometers.

Week of January 22nd

Important Dates:
February 1-- Early Dismissal
February 14- Valentine's Day parties

Reading:  We will complete our close read of Lou Gehrig.   There will be a vocabulary and comprehension quiz on Thursday.  The students should be reviewing their vocabulary slides and the Quizlet in Google Classroom. We will also continue to work on text dependent questions.

Time For Kids: There will  be a quiz this week in Time For Kids on Friday.

English:  We will write an essay on why Lou Gehrig is considered a hero this week.

Spelling:  Unit 16  Greek Roots
This week's list includes words with the Greek Roots micro, mega, hydro, astro, hydra and path. Students will study the meaning of these roots and words that contain them. The final test for this lesson will be on Friday, 1/26.

Social Studies: We will continue our study of the Midwest. In lesson two we will read and learn how erosion shapes the landforms of the Badlands and exposes the fossils there. We will also learn how the Badlands was once much warmer and more humid than it is today.

Science:  We will begin Chapter three,  Adaptations  in Science this week. We will read and learn how the bodies of animals help them meet their needs.

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue with Unit Four Addition and Subtraction.
This week we will focus on subtraction strategies.  We will learn how to fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using an algorithm or another strategy We will compare pairs of 3-digit numbers, based on an understanding of what the digits in each place represents. We will also focus on problem-solving strategies.

Week of January 16

Important Dates:
January 15-- No school
January 17-- Math MAP test

Reading:  We will continue our close read of Lou Gehrig.   There will be  vocabulary work for homework this week.  The students should be reviewing their vocabulary slides and the Quizlet in Google Classroom. We will also work on Text Dependent Questions this week as we do our second read of the story.

Time For Kids: There will not be a quiz this week in Time For Kids.

English:  The students have been working on a rough draft of how they spent their winter break. This week we will focus on adding more details and conclusions.

Spelling:  Unit 15  Greek Roots
The focus for the lesson this week will be on Greek Roots. Students will learn the meaning of the roots "audi", "bio", "geo", "ology", "meter", and "thermo". Knowledge of these roots will help them to find meaning in unknown words when they are reading. The final test for this lesson will be on Friday, 1/19.

Social Studies: We will continue our study of the Midwest. In lesson one we will read and learn how the Great Lakes link the Midwest region to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Atlantic Ocean. The Midwest map quiz has been changed to Thursday. 

Mrs. Bucklin's Math Class:  We will continue with Unit Four, Addition and Subtraction.
This week we will focus on addition strategies.  We will learn how to fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using an algorithm or another strategy We will compare pairs of 3-digit numbers, based on an understanding of what the digits in each place represents. We will also focus on problem-solving strategies. There will be a checkpoint quiz on Thursday.