January 19-22nd

This week in reading we are going to continue reviewing concepts we have learned so far this year. We will focus on reading Fiction passages and understanding them. We will also try to finish our DRA tests this week. So far, everyone is doing wonderfully on these and I'm so proud of them! This Friday, our first essay, Field Trips, is due. We will have Chromebooks in class again and I will show students how to put their typed essay from Google Docs into My Access. Remember, students need to turn in their pre-write/article, edited and revised rough draft, share their Google Doc with me, copy and past the typed essay into My Access, and edit and resubmit it in My Access. Each step is worth 50 points, 200 points all together. As long as they have their essay typed by Friday, we can easily get the My Access side of it done during class time.

This week in writing we are finishing our Junk Food essay. These will be due own Wednesday, January 20th. Students need to type, share with me, and put their essay into My Access. We will have the majority of class writing time to finish these up. Then we will be starting another essay about Genetic Traits. We will be doing this together and focusing on adding more detail to our paper. We will try to make our rough drafts twice as long as they have been.

This week in math we will begin learning about the customary and metric systems. We will learn how to measure and convert length and weight in the customary and metric systems.

This week in social studies we will learn about what happened when Europeans came into to Utah. We will talk about what it was like for the Native Americans who were here and will watch videos on each of the tribes who were here. We will also begin presenting our Genealogy Projects. My class's projects are due this Friday. Mrs. Ditto's class's projects are due next Monday and we will begin presenting their's then.

Lastly, this week we will be taking the Sage interim tests. These tests are just practice for students and they show us what students already know and what they need more instruction on before the end of the year Sage tests. My class will be taking the Math, Reading, and Writing tests. These will provide great data to help me know what your student needs. Please make sure that your student is in class and on time on this week!

This Week's Homework

Tuesday:        Reading  

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                              Field Trip Essay
                        Math

                             P235 Lesson 12.8

                        Social Studies

                            Genealogy Project

Wednesday:   Reading   

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Field Trip Essay     

                        Math

                            P237 Lesson 12.9

                        Social Studies

                            Genealogy Project

Thursday:       Reading     

                             Read 20 Mins - Reading Log

                             Field Trip Essay

                        Math

                            P221 Lesson 12.1
                        Social Studies
                            Genealogy Project

Friday:            Reading       

                             Read 20 Mins -Reading Log

                        Social Studies

                            Genealogy Project