February 21-24th

Dear Parents,

We had such a fun Valentine’s Day Party! We had a blast doing art projects, passing out Valentines, and doing the activities the parent helpers planned! Thank you to all of you parents that helped in any way, including making Valentines Boxes. They all looked so good! Don’t forget Skate Night at Classic Skating on Thursday! It should be tons of fun!

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be reviewing and taking our Unit 4 test. Then we will read a reader’s theater together. There will be no spelling homework, but instead there will be another writing homework. This time we will be writing an explanatory essay on how watching television today is different from the past. We will have time to work on this in class, but if students don’t finish by Friday, they should be taking it home to work on as well. They need to do a prewrite, type it, revise and edit, share with me, and put it in My Access. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will be continuing our Geometry Unit. We will learn how to classify quadrilaterals, find lines of symmetry, and complete shape patterns. For Target Time we will continue to review mixed numbers.

Writing: This week we will start our review of explanatory writing. We will write and essay altogether that will not be graded, but is just for students to remember how to do it. This will help them with their writing homework for the week, because this will be an example of how to do their homework essay. Then we will review how to do an opinion essay. We will be trading on an off each week between these for the next several weeks to prepare students for their Sage Writing Test this spring.

Science: We will discuss elevation and tie it into forests. We will also start learning how to classify trees and animals using classification charts. There is a fun activity this week involving classifying different kinds of chips to introduce this classification concept.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we are going to be talking more about the Mormon Pioneers. We will talk about important events with them, what it was like for them coming to Utah, and what it was like settling here in Utah.  

This week’s homework:

Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log

Television Essay

Lesson 10.1-P189, 10.2- P191, 10.3-P193

*Math, reading, and writing are due on Friday