The Week of March 5th through 8th, 2018

Spelling: List #11 /s/ and /z/:

daisy     vase     plastic     zipper     reuse     sense    does     license 

closet    season    bicycle    distance    service    classes    yesterday    

Review Words:  fashion     photograph     enough

Challenge Words:  sincerely     citizen

**The spelling words are a part of homework to practice writing and spelling them aloud.

Test for List #11 will be this Thursday, March 8th.

Reading and Language Arts:

•  Article of the Day using Readworks reading program.  
• We have finished Ralph S. Mouse and will take a comprehension test using their reading packet as an open book test.
• We are starting our next novel, Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White.  We will use a comprehension and vocabulary packet to go with our reading.  
• Focusing on Main Idea.  
• Starting our Book Study:  Students will choose a book at their reading level and complete a summary log daily concluding with a book poster and presentation to the class.  This assignment will start on Monday, March 5th and the poster and presentation will be due the week of April 3rd-6th.  

Math:

• Area of a rectangle:  using unit squares to decipher the area of a rectangle.
• Homework on Monday evening.
• Using multiplication to find area.
• Homework on Tuesday evening.
• Standards units of measurement.  
• Homework on Wednesday evening.

Science:  Invisible Forces:  Forces and Motion, Magnetism.

Art:  Experiencing the art form of Texture and focusing on artist, Katsushika Hokusai.

Character Trait:  Caring

Homework:

• Math homework:  1 page of homework 3 days this week- Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
• Practice Spelling words from List #11 /s/ and /z/.  Test Thursday.
• Flashcards: practice multiplication facts using flashcards or writing down all of the facts from the 1's family through the 12's for practice.
• 20 minutes of reading.

Testing:  We will be doing two isat block tests this week to assess where students are in preparation for the ISATs coming up at the end of April.

Dates to Remember: 

• End of third quarter is Friday, March 9th.  All work must be turned in by Thursday, March 8th.  
• No School:  Spring Break March 26th through 30th.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.