March 23-27th

This week in reading we are going to start focusing on some reading strategies. We will cover the before reading strategies of surveying features and vocabulary, setting a purpose/goal, and making a plan. We will also review inferring, predicting, and summarizing. Our spelling this week ins Sort 51 with Comparatives. These words end in -er, -est, -ier, and -iest. 20 points are still needed this week as well as the normal reading log.

This week in writing we are starting our Animal Research Report. We have chosen animals that we want to learn more about. Students will be doing their research in computer specialty class and will start writing during class writing time. On Wednesday we will have time to finish presenting our Author Report, so if your student has not completed their report yet, please make sure they are done by Wednesday so they can present. The report is worth 300 points total: 100 for the written report, 100 for the poster, and 100 for the oral presentation.

This week in math we are continuing our work with decimals. We will work with money this week and will learn how to add fractional parts with denominators of 10 and 100. We will also add, compare, and order decimals. In Target Time we will be reviewing place value. We are reviewing the concept that a number in one place is 10x the value of the same number in the place to the right of it. For example, the 3 in 134 is 10x the 3 in 413 because in 134 it is worth 30 and in 413 it is only worth 3. This can be a tricky concept for students, but it is critical for students to understand this idea.

This week in social studies we are writing reports on a leader in Utah's history. Students are researching on a leader and writing a short report, 7 sentences, on what they have learned about the leader. This report is done completely in class, and will be graded.

This week's homework:

Monday:         Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 51

                        Math

                             Lesson 9.1 P171

                        Social Studies

                              Native American Homes Project

Tuesday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 51

                        Math

                             Lesson 9.2 P173

                        Social Studies

                              Native American Homes Project

Wednesday:   Reading   

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 51

                        Math

                             Lesson 9.3 P175

                        Social Studies

                              Native American Homes Project

Thursday:       Reading     

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Sort 51

                        Math

                             Lesson 9.4 P177

                        Social Studies

                              Native American Homes Project

Friday:             Reading       

                             Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                        Social Studies

                              Native American Homes Project