October 27-October 31st

This week in reading we are focusing on learning new words in texts. We will be reading a lot of different information texts and figuring out the meanings to different words in them that we might not already know. For spelling we are doing Sort 18 which is very similar to last week's sort, but this time with the long -i sound in the first or second syllable. Again, students need to be filling out and turning in their reading log as well as doing 20 points for their spelling homework.

This week in writing we are starting our poetry unit. We will be learning how to write 9 different types of poems. This week we are learning acrostic, color poem, haiku, cinquain, limerick, and tounge twisters. On Friday we will be reading our Haunted House stories. If students are still not done with these, they need to finish them at home this week and bring them back to read and turn in on Friday.

This week in math we are working on word problems. We will be doing division word problems, perimeter and area problems, rounding word problems, and multistep problems. It is difficult at first for students to do word problems, but we are working through them identifying key words, drawing pictures, and writing equations.

This week in social studies we will be talking about how communication and transportation in Utah is affected by the geography we have here. We will also be making maps showing how we get to school everyday. We will also start studying our counties. Before Christmas Break, we will take a test on all of the counties in Utah. Students will need to have memorized where the county is and be able to match it to it's county seat. They will not need to memorize what the counties are though. Students will eventually bring home a study guide to study these at home and I will post resources on my blog to help study these as well.

The end of the first trimester is coming up very quickly. All missing assignments MUST be turned in by next Friday, November 7th. I will be sending home missing assignment sheets this week as well as emailing you their progress reports.

This Week's Homework:

Monday:          Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 18

                           Lesson 4.9 P85

Tuesday:         Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 18

                           Lesson 4.10 P87

Wednesday:   Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 18

                           Lesson 4.11 P89

Thursday:        Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 18

                           Lesson 2.2 P25

Friday:              Read 20 Mins -Reading Log