Happy December!
Reminders for this week:
- We have Art in the Box on Wednesday.
- Bluestem Book Club registration form was sent home on Friday. Registration will open Monday December 4 at 7pm.
- Social Studies Unit 2 tests need to be signed, corrected and turned in Monday.
Math: We are finishing Chapter 4 this week by working through lessons 10 and 11. These two lessons have the students working through multiplication word problems and multiplying across zeros. We will spend a day reviewing the concepts from this chapter and the students will take the Chapter 4 test on Thursday.
Objectives
- Students will determine if a problem needs an estimate or an exact answer.
- Students will multiply multi-digit numbers with zeros by a one-digit number.
Social Studies: We are beginning our tour of the Southeast. We will explore different areas of the region such as Everglades National Park, Jamestown, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Memphis, Montgomery and more.
Objectives:
- Apply map skills to locate nine important places in the Southeast.
- Describe the major physical and human features of the Southeast.
- Identify the difficulties that early colonists faced.
Religion: This week we will reflect on this special time in the church, Advent. The children will each make their own advent wreath and “light” a candle each week. We will read about what Advent is and how we can prepare for the birth of Jesus.
Objective:
- Consider how Scripture and Traditions can deepen our understanding of Advent.
LA/Reading: We have finished all five weeks of the second unit in our MyView books. This week we will review the concepts we have covered over the last five weeks. We will look at vocabulary, parts of speech, plurals, prefixes and suffixes, story comprehension, and more. The children will take the Unit 2 test in three parts, over three days. We will review Monday and Tuesday and take the test Wednesday-Friday. Part 1 will be reading comprehension, part 2 will be vocabulary word study, and part three will be the writing portion of the test.
For writing this week, the students will create an informational travel article that explores a place with animals that have special adaptations.
Objectives
- Compose informational text using genre characteristics and craft.
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- Recognize and analyze literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts
Spelling: The spelling words for this week are common Christmas words. The spelling test will be Friday.
Objectives
- Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge.
- Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.
Science: Check out Ms. Arnold’s page!
