Week of January 25

Tuesday, January 26^th 7:30-8:00 Math Help in Miss Stark's Classroom

Friday, January 29^th Spelling and Wordly Wise Test

Tuesday, February 2^nd 7:30-8:00 Math Help in Miss Stark’s Classroom

Tuesday, February 2nd Division Test

Tuesday, February 9^th 9:20 Field Trip to the Folly Theater - see below for details of lunch that day

Thursday, February 11-Friday, February 12^th Rainforest Animals due at school

Homework:

Monday: Read, Study Math facts using Reflex Math, study spelling words

Tuesday: Read, Study Math facts using Reflex Math, study spelling words

Wednesday: Read, Study Math facts using Reflex Math, study spelling words

Thursday: Read, Study Math facts using Reflex Math, study spelling words

Friday: Read, Enjoy the weekend

Class News:

Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies:

In each of these subjects students will be studying the rainforest, the animals and the layers of the rainforest. This week we will concentrate on the habitat of the animals as students continue their research.

Students will also work on the final exercises of Lesson 8 in Wordly Wise. Our spelling test and Wordly Wise test will be on Friday, January 29^th.  We continue with the grammar program, singing jingles and classifying/diagramimg sentences.

Science:

In science students will continue studying different ecosystems, grasslands, desert, tundra, forest ecosystems, and water ecosystems at the same time as they learn about the tropical rainforest. Next we will study Plants and Animals Living Together, another chapter in the science textbook. On Friday of last week all students participated in a STEM activity. The challenge was to build a small sailboat using any of the provided  materials with an assigned partner. This boat was to be no more than approximately 6 inches,  and had to be able to float. Today, Monday, students are testing their boats in a container of water. Watch out for pictures!

Math:

This week students will learn 2 new division strategies.  We will being with the strategy of repeated subtraction and how this relates to division.  Students will also learn the basics of long division and division with remainders.  We will end the week with our final strategy of “skip counting” and how this can be used to find the solution to division facts.  Students will have their division test on Tuesday, February, 2nd.  A review sheet will be sent home on Friday, January 29^th.  I will also post this on the blog.

Wordly Wise: 

Lesson 8:

1.contain

2.digest

3 finicky

4. habit

5. hinge

6. marsh

7. nursery

8. rely

9. spine

10. thrive

https://quizlet.com/6755006/wordly-wise-book-3-lesson-8-flash-cards/

http://www.wordlywise3000.com/word_lists/?book=03&lesson=8

On February 9 we are going to the Folly Theater to see a play about Harriet Tubman. We will eat lunch when we return to school, possibly in the classroom. Consequently every student needs to bring a lunch from home or order a school sack lunch. Please let us know if your child needs a school sack lunch by February 2. Thank you.