I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend.
Language Arts
Today we read the story "Kid Reporters at Work." This is a Time for Kids article about the work that kid reporters due for the magazine. Our vocabulary words are identified, enterprising, persistence, and venture. Our comprehension skill is summarizing and compare and contrasting.
Our grammar skill is main and helping verbs. Everyone will be taking the on-level spelling test this week. Fluency and Flow went home as homework. Here are the expectations:
1. Read the story to an adult and have the adult sign.
2. Answer the 4 questions on page 337.
3. Match the vocabulary words to the synonyms.
4. Draw two posters (one on each side of the page) according to the paper.
Math
Today we practiced converting fractions to decimals to percents. We also worked on finding the percents of numbers and what percents mean. Study Link 5.8 was assigned as homework.
Science
We reviewed parallel and series circuits today. Tomorrow we will build an electromagnet.