HOMEWORK____________________________________________________________________________________
Students are expected to complete all homework nightly which they can write into their Homework Planners.READING: They must read for 20-30 minutes using a Chapter book of 100-300 pages.
BOOK REPORTS: Begin in October.
SPELLING: Home study program begins after the test is given on Monday and they return all completed work on Friday for the test.
MATH: Practice pages are sent home nightly and corrected/discussed the next morning.
CURRENT EVENTS: Assignments begin next week. Choose an event and fill out the report sheet to present in class.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: Special projects will be assigned periodically and for extra credit.
UPDATE ON OUR CLASS AREAS OF STUDY____________________________________________________________________________________
READING: The next two weeks we will be finishing
Eye of the Storm in Unit 1 of Houghton-Mifflin and we will begin
Volcanoes.
COMPREHENSION FOCUS: Non-fiction text organization and developing questions about the content of the selection.
GRAMMAR FOCUS: Four types of sentences while stressing simple and compound subjects and predicates. We will use the Thesaurus to stress use of synonyms and antonyms.
WRITING: We begin diagramming sentences and focusing on simple and complex sentence structure. Next week we will begin our next narrative project.
MATH: This week - Chapter 3: Reviewing Multiplication of Whole Numbers with exponents. We wil test this week on Chapt. 3. Next week - Chapter 4. Division of Whole numbers, using on and two digit divisors in small and larger numbers.
## Coming in October to a computer near you: DIGITAL MATH HOMEWORK on the Pearson Scott Foresman Website!! Meanwhile, explore and have fun! ##
SOCIAL STUDIES: Current events goes to the Angels.
SCIENCE: Chapter 5 - The Water Cycle. We'll be testing on this material toward the end of this week. Next week: Chapter 6: WEATHER. Concepts of air mass, air pressure, and jet stream. We will focus on how these elements create super storms and begin learning to read a barometer and record pressure.
ART FOCUS: Line and color: Going outside to sketch what we observe.
*** EXTRA CREDIT: Memorize your favorite poem and come on in and recite it for the class or Mrs. H! Look up dangerous weather systems around the world, write a three paragraph summary and include pictures! Share privately or with the class.
