Friday, March 24, 2017

*Tuesday: Math STAAR
*Wednesday: Reading STAAR
Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep and a big breakfast those days!  If you have any questions, please let me know.

*Report Cards are going home this Wednesday.

Math: Starting Thursday, we are going to start some interesting and exciting math!  We will begin with Ratios and Equivalent Ratios.  Here is a great video for an introduction: Ratios

Reading: This week we will be continueing with our book clubs and our jobs. 
Spelling and Quizlet on Friday https://quizlet.com/_39ti2s

Science: This week we are continuing our unit on adaptations.  The students will explore different animal and plant adaptations.
They will also be starting a a science activity focusing on animal adaptations, ecosystems, and the the impact of of animals in ecosystems. 
We will also be going over heredity and compelte/ Incomplete metamorphosis Study Jams There is a video for Plant Adaptations and Animal Adaptations.


Social Studies: We will be continuing the civil War. Next week we will review and have a cumulative test on the Civil war.

Friday, March 3, 2017

This week’s objectives:

Math:  STAAR MATH REVIEW
STAAR Math will be March 28th. Every day we will be reviewing an objective we learned this year. We will be playing fun games, using task cards, and looking through our math journals to refresh our memory. You can help your child by having them get on THINK THRU MATH during the week. It is online and they have their usernames and password.

Reading: Book club-  
Review: Author's Purpose, summarization,cause and effect, and Main idea.
Quizlet and spelling this week.  
https://quizlet.com/_36uhdr

Science: Life Science 
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Ecosystems, habitats, and the interaction of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things.  
There are some videos for review: Study Jams Ecosystems Tab The videos to watch under the Ecosystems tab are: Ecosystems, Carbon Cycle, Population Growth and Biomes.  


Social Studies:
 Civil War (Compromises)