Friday, January 17, 2014

January 20- 24

Announcements:

We will have swimming this Thursday, January 23 from 10:30- 11:00. Make sure you remember your swimsuit, towel, and warm clothes to walk back in!

Winter MAP testing is taking place this week, so everyone needs lots of rest and a good breakfast :)


Reading: This week we will be taking the Unit 3 test. Our main story will be Wings. We will be focusing on cause and effect and how events and characters in a story effect other events.

In grammar we will be learning about plural nouns. By the end of the week we will be able to determine what is the correct plural noun to replace the noun in a sentence or in our own writing.

Spelling Words this week:

wolves
knives
feet
men
children
women
sheep
heroes
scarves
mice
geese
cuffs
elves
banjos
halves
loaves
beliefs
tomatoes
potatoes
tornadoes

Math: We will start Chapter 6 this week, and continue working on more multiplication facts! This week's focus will be multiplying with 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8. We will also continue working on geometry and learning about symmetry, perimeter, area, and volume. By the end of the week we will be able to define each of these terms, as well as find the number of lines of symmetry a shape has and determine the perimeter, area, and volume of a shape.