What a wet and soggy day! Looks like it might finally be clearing off.
Language Arts~
Today we reviewed compound sentences from last week. We also discussed independent and dependent clauses. We used the two types of clauses to build complex sentences. We sorted our spelling words by long i spelling and then used some of the words in analogies. We added this week's common core words into our glossary. We began working on a personal narrative in the form of a letter. In vocabulary vine we reviewed the roots scope and micro. ALERT: There will be a vocab vine quiz on Friday. Look for a study guide to come home tomorrow.
HW: Keep working on weekly homework. Book orders are due tomorrow!
Math~
We continued to learn about data landmarks today. We used the information from last nights study link on family size. We found the minimum, maximum, range, and mode. We also found the median by putting all the numbers in order from least to greatest and then finding the middle number.
Hw: Math boxes and Study link 2.6 (Most children finished this in class) All study links are always due the next day.HOMEWORK ALERT: There
was an error in the weekly homework. Please discard the 3 digit times 2 digit
multiplication page. Copy error. So Sorry for the
confusion!
Science~
A note about the science
tests. Last week's science test is coming home today. Most students did either
really well or not so well at all. Science is an adjustment this year. From
what I understand this is the first time that the kids have taking a science
test like this one. I did make some changes to help the students study more.
Our next test date is September 28. All students have their study guide for
that test. At the end of every lesson we are filling out the study guide
together. Then I am asking that each student spends just a couple of minutes
(think 5-7) to review that study guide every night. They only need to review the questions that we fill out together. The other questions haven't been taught yet. The study guide also has
the page numbers where we learned about the concept in case you need more
information.
In science today we previewed the chapter vocabulary and
learned a little bit about the life cycle of an animal.
HW: Look over study guide.
