November 16-20th

This week in reading we will be learning about 1st and 2nd hand accounts. A 1st hand account is something written/told by someone who was actually there. A 2nd hand account is by someone who was not there. This is similar to what we learned last week, but this week we will be reading non-fiction. Our spelling list this week is Sort 27. Students should turn in their 20 points of homework activities on Friday. They should also turn in another Reading Log with 100 minutes on Monday.

This week in writing we are continuing to work on our Turkey/Farmer Opinion letters. We are focusing on the organization of an opinion/persuasive essay. We will write our introduction and conclusion, edit and revise, and start typing our letter this week. This letter is due next Tuesday, November 24 and we will read them to the class on that day.

This week in math we will be finishing our basic Fractions Unit and taking our test on Wednesday. We will then begin our Place Value Unit. Students who were retaking their Long Division Test in Target Time last week will finish that in class. In Target Time this week we will be working on Word Problems. We have not given this test yet because we know that students need extra time in Target Time to review word problems before giving this test.

This week in social studies we will be learning about Recreation. We will be creating Power Points for our favorite recreation activity in Utah. These will be done in class, in partners. Students will be graded on completion of the Power Point. Students should still be studying for their county and county seat test. We will begin giving quizzes on the counties and county seats when we get back from Thanksgiving Break.

It is now Term 2. Grades will soon be posted on Skyward so far for the new term. This will include the Long Division Test. Also, our class has just received 5 classroom Chromebooks from donations on Donorschoose.org. We are so excited to have more access to Chromebooks during class! My goal is to end up with a full class set of Chromebooks as soon as we can. If you would like to learn more about this donation or to donate yourself for our next Chromebooks, please visit my page on Donorschoose.org at: http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/3221321. Lastly, next Tuesday we will be going to Orem High for our movie party. This is the party we earned as a school from the Cougar Crawl donation. Please help to make sure that you sign the permission slip that will be sent home this week and PLEASE make sure that your student is here on time to school next Tuesday! We will be leaving right when the PMs get here at 9:15, so make sure your student is on time.

This Week's Homework

Monday:         Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 27

                        Math

                            P53 Lesson 3.2

                        Social Studies

                              Study Counties

Tuesday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              Sort 27
                        Math

                             P77 Lesson 4.5

                        Social Studies
                              Study Counties

Wednesday:   Reading   

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 27        

                        Math

                            P39 Lesson 2.9
                        Social Studies

                              Study Counties

Thursday:       Reading     

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 27

                        Math

                            P45 Lesson 2.12

                        Social Studies

                              Study Counties

Friday:            Reading       

                             Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                        Social Studies

                              Study Counties