I hope that everyone had a great 3-day weekend.
LA:
Even though today was our short day, we jam packed it full of our normal Monday stuff! Our story this week is Forests of the World, which introduces us to nonfiction articles for the year! It is a great informational piece of writing that we learned a lot from. We also took our spelling pre-test, please make sure your child is studying the appropriate list! This week in grammar, we will be learning how to combine simple sentences together to make compound sentences using conjunctions.
Story Vocabulary this week: quest, settings, reduce, buffet & major.
Rit Words for the week: Due to the short week, we have no RIT words!
HW: Weekly homework is due Friday. Please note-there are only 4 questions for the comprehension section this week!
MATH:
Today we practiced for our test. The test will be on Thursday so that means one more day to study! We completed our unit review today. Tomorrow we will go over the answers to the review so that students know what to study Wednesday night. Homework tonight is finishing whatever didn't get done in class. That may include. Pages 25-26 in journal 1, a handwritten worksheet about prime factorization and the unit review.
Health:
Today we had a short Health class because we were planning to watch President Obama's speech to students. Students completed a worksheet that reviewed vocabulary. The students and I had a long talk about the quality of their answers in health. Students are expected to write their answers in complete sentences and in cursive. The answers are right in the book and generally there are only 4-5 questions. Please encourage your child to do his/her personal best on all assignments.
President Obama's Speech:
Due to various technical difficulties at the C-Span site, we were only able to watch 1/2 of President's Obama's speech.
