I hope everyone enjoyed the summer weather over the weekend!
Language Arts
We were very busy today. We warmed up by reviewing several language arts skills. Including titles, moods, and homophones. Next we had our spelling pretest. (Spelling City has been updated for the week.) We reviewed how to make nouns that end in f or fe plural. We dont' have new RIT words this week. Instead we are reviewing last week's words. Today we spent time go over what an appositive is and looking for examples.
Our reading story for the week is "Maya Lin: Architect of Memory." It is a nonfiction article that tells about the architect who made the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as well as the Civil Rights Memorial. Our vocabulary words for the week are dedicated, artifacts, site, exhibits and equality. Our comprehension skill is Main Ideas and Details.
Our writing focus for the week is research. We are researching monuments. Students could take the time to figure out which monument they want to research. It would be great if they could research a monument that they were really interested in.
We went to IMC and picked out books.
Math
Today we looked at ways to make equivalent fractions. What we discovered was that you make equivalent fractions by either multiplying or dividing the numerator and the denominator by the same number. Mathboxes 5.4 and Study Link 5.4 is homework.
*About the math tests: I have been waiting for everyone to finish the tests. That has finally happened. However, I was out of town over the weekend and didn't have a chance to grade. Look for the tests to come home this weekend.
Science:
Today we flew our airplanes and began changing variables in our systems in order to change the results. The science test will probably be two weeks from today.
This is the week that we are earning money for the DARE program by having a read-a- thon. Please make sure that all donations are turned in by next Monday. Don't forget the early morning reading session on Friday at 7:00. Turn in those permission slips.
