November 17-21st

This week in reading we are talking about 1st and 2nd hand accounts. A 1st hand account of an event is written by someone who was actually there and actually saw what happened. A 2nd hand account is from someone who was not there and did not see with their own eyes what happened, but instead they found out from someone else what happened. Our spelling this week is Sort 27 with -er, -ir, and -ur words.

This week in writing we are continuing to write Thanksgiving persuasive essays. We are either being a farmer or a turkey and persuading the other to either eat the turkey or not to. We are focusing on picking 3 main ideas and having 3 details that go with each main idea. We will also be writing introductions and conclusions.

This week in math we will be taking our test on fractions. Then we move on to our place value unit. This will focus on having students understand our base 10 system and how to do problems with large numbers.

This week in social studies we will be starting our recreation project. Students will be creating a powerpoint presentation in class on their drive about a recreation activity they can do in Utah. They have specific requirements for what needs to be on each slide. They will be working with a partner to do this. Also, next week we will start taking quizzes to prepare students for their counties test. I will post study guides of the exact quizzes on my blog so you can help students prepare for the quizzes.

This Week's Homework:

Monday:          Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 27

                           Lesson 2.12 P45

                           Study Counties

Tuesday:         Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 27

                           Lesson 4.12 P91

                           Study Counties

Wednesday:   Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 27

                           Lesson 7.1 P133

                           Study Counties

Thursday:        Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                           Spelling Sort 27

                           Lesson 7.2 P135

                           Study Counties

Friday:              Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                           Study Counties