February 6-10th

Dear Parents,

We got to design and engineer our own telephones last Friday for our reading parties. It was so much fun! We kept testing them out as we made them and then trying to improve them to make the sound louder and clearer. We could definitely hear through many of the phones! You should check out the pictures of some of our phones! Also, don’t forget that if you haven’t signed up for parent teacher conferences, you can still contact the office to set up an appointment for Tuesday or Wednesday. If none of those times work for you, please let me know and we can find another time to meet.

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be talking about cause and effect again. We will identify the causes and their effects in the expository texts we read. Our spelling is list #19 with oi and ou sounds. Students should be spending 20 minutes studying their words this week. They should also be reading 20 minutes a night and filling out their reading logs.

Math: This week we will be finishing our Mixed Numbers Unit. We will be learning how to subtract mixed numbers with regrouping and do word problems with multiple steps in them. We will also learn about line plots and use them when adding mixed numbers. We will be taking our test on Monday so students should be bringing home their pretest on Friday to study.

Writing: This week we will continue with our animal report. Students will finish their rough draft in class and will learn how to cite the sources they used in their animal report. This will be due next Friday, February 17^th.

Science: We are learning about Utah environments. We will review wetlands by doing a puppet show. We will also learn about forests and what defines a forest. The students will learn the difference between the terms deciduous and coniferous.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will be talking about the Native American tribes in Utah and we will look at some of their pictographs. We will then we will talk about the explorers that came through Utah and the mountain men who were here.

This week’s homework:

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

Spelling #19 – 20 mins study

Lesson 12.11-P241, Extra Practice-P243-344, 7.7-P145

*Math, reading, and spelling are due on Friday

Thanks!

Mrs. Wheatley