General Announcements:
- BOX TOP COLLECTION: Make sure you label the BOX TOPS with your child's name and homeroom teacher's name. Prizes will be drawn in March. Thank you for your AWESOME support of this easy school fundraiser!
- Reading Rally Books: The kids have been challenged to read 6 chapter books that the school highlighted at our Reading Rally a few weeks ago. I am encouraging them to read a lot at home and bring them back to school to trade out for the next book. This challenge has been a lot of fun so far and the kids are excited about what they are reading!
- Looking ahead: Spring Pictures will be March 1st.
Language Arts:
- We are finishing a narrative writing unit. The kids are writing a personal narrative and have done a great job diving into the story and thinking like a writer. We will finish our final drafts on Friday.
- The article "How George Washington did his hair" was assigned on Tween Tribune last Friday and is due on Friday, February 26th. Students will need to read the article and answer the 3 questions that go along with it. We practiced opening a separate window with the the quiz so that they can easily go back and check their answers, is it is only a 3 question quiz. The assignment is a 10 point homework grade. Because the website will not allow them to retake a quiz, they may read and take other articles and quizzes to average with their score.
- Spotlight reader will take place on Friday, February 26th as well. The students will need to bring the book of choice they are reading to school be prepared to present the following: book title, author, main characters, basic plot, and a teacher question of choice. I will be choosing students at random, so everyone needs to be prepared!
- The Greek and Latin roots homework will come home today and be due on Thursday, February 25th. We will have a Greek and Latin roots test on Friday, February 26th.
- Grammar IXL skills AA.1, AA.2, BB.1, and CC.1 (Level G) are due Friday, February 26th.
Social Studies:
- This week's Unit of study is Westward Expansion. We will be discussing Lewis and Clark's expedition and creating a Google Tour. Next week, we will discussing the different western trails.
Math:
- We are continuing our Multiplication of fractions using models and solving real-world problems.
- Cumulative Review #18 came home today! Here is a link Cumulative Review #18
- New IXL activities were assigned and are due next Monday. This week's activities are Level G: M4, M6, M7, and M12.
- There will be a Cumulative Review Test on Friday!
Science:
- We are learning about the Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter. We are still working on our labs involving Chemical and Physical properties this week.
- We will have a quiz on Chemical and Physical Changes on Thursday! Students should review their notes from their science notebooks!
- Grades will be also taken for Science notebook and our lab activities.
