April News

         We are learning:

Reading:

Week 1: What Really Happened to Humpty  1st person/ 3rd person Narrator

Week 2: The Great Kapok Tree  Point of View

Week 3: Book of Animal Poetry  Poetry and Structure of Poetry

Week 4: The Tree Lady  Cause and Effect 

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 12.7-12.9  Week 3: Review

Week 2: Review    Week 4: Review

Science: Force and Motion and Scientist Chapters

Social Studies: Government and Natural Disasters

Grammar: Idioms, Sensory Language, Poetic Devices, Complex Sentences

March News

         We are learning:

Reading:

Week 1: Hoop Genius  Fact vs. Opinion

Week 2: The House that Jane Built    Text Evidence

Week 3: On a Beam of Light  Identifying Audience

Week 4:Spring Break

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 11.7-11.10  Week 3: Lessons 12.4-12.6

Week 2: Lessons 12.1-12.3  Week 4: Spring Break

Science: Energy and It’s Forms

Social Studies: Government

Grammar: Prefixes, Transition words, suffixes, Abstract Nouns

February News

 We are learning:

Reading:

Week 1: When Marian Sang  Inference/Drawing Conclusion 

Week 2: Last Stop on Market Street  Mood and Imagery

Week 3: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach  Retelling the Story

Week 4:Trombone Shorty  Point of View/ Autobiography

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 10.1-10.3   Week 3: Lessons 11.1-11.2

Week 2: Lessons 10.4-10.8    Week 4: Lessons 11.3-11.6

Science: Weather

Social Studies: Government

Grammar: Commas, Compound words, Possessive Pronouns, Prepositional Phrases

•February 4th-8th: Book Fair and One For Books (Send in change and Dollars to buy new books for our classroom.)

•February 5th: Progress Reports Delivered

•February 1st-8th- Candy Grams for sale $1

•February 16th: World Read Aloud Day

•February 18th: Presidents Day - No School

Who's Who's

Girls:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNJT6H6

Boys:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MPQLC3J

January News

Reading:

Week 1:The Polar Bear Son          Folktale, Synthesizing, Context Clues

Week 2: Ruby’s Wish  Interaction of Characters

Week 3: Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother    Compare/Contrast

Week 4: I Wonder Why Penguins Can’t Fly    Main Idea

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 8.2-8.5   Week 3: Lessons 9.1-9.4

Week 2: Lessons 8.6-8.9  Week 4: Lessons 9.5-9.7

Science: Ecosystems/ Weather

Social Studies: Government/Alabama Unit

Grammar: Adverbs and Adjectives, Possessives, Comparative Adjectives, Non-fiction text features

December News

Reading:

Week 1: The Legend of Old Befana  Recount Events in Folktales 

Week 2: The Carpenter’s Gift  Inferences

Week 3: No Story Holiday Break Starts on December 20th.

Week 4: Holiday Break December 20th- Jan. 3rd

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 7.6-7.9  Week 3: No Lessons

Week 2: Lessons 7.10-7.11    Week 4: No Lessons

Science: Living Things

Social Studies: Native Americans and Christmas Around the World

Grammar: Verbs Unit Test and Opinion Writing

November News

Reading:

Week 1: Cactus Soup  Compare and Contrast Folktales 

Week 2: How Many Days to America?  Historical Fiction

Week 3:No School

Week 4: The Girl Who Loved Horses  Central Message/ Theme

 

Math:

Week 1: Lessons 6.3-6.6    Week 3: No School

Week 2: Lessons 6.7-6.9    Week 4: Lessons 7.1-7.5

Science: Living Things

Social Studies: Finish Maps Start Native Americans

Grammar: commas, simple and compound sentences, Adverbs, Subject predicate

Important Dates:

November 2nd: Fantabulous Friday

November 9th: Veterans Day Lunch 

November 12th: No School Veterans Day 

November 14th: Snow Cones 

November 15th: Thanksgiving Feast at lunchroom 

November 19th-23rd: No School