Jan. 7-11th

Here is what’s happening in the classroom in the upcoming week. Monday: Art Tuesday: Phy Ed Wednesday: Music Thursday: LMC Friday: Phy Ed Reading: Our theme will continue to be “Forces of Nature?” Our focus question this week is “How do destructive forces lead to the creation of something new?” The vocabulary words of the week are: dormant, circulate and seep. Our writing focus will finish compare/contrast essays and start descriptive essays. Spelling: We will be using the Unit 4, week 1 words which will be pretested on Monday and tested on January 15th. These words have the pattern VCCV along with our review and high frequency words. We will begin our rounds to see who will represent us in the spelling bee. Math: Students should continue to work on learning multiplication and division facts. They are also working on decimals. We are continuing to work on our math boxes. Students can go on IXL at home to practice their math. Science: We will begin our unit on foods and nutrition. We will have the students learn about the digestive system. Social Studies: We will begin learning about the colonies road to self-government leading up to the American Revolution. Notes: -1/14/13, MAP assessment window opens and we will sign up for our time in the upcoming weeks. We will be assessing reading and math. -1/16/13, Early Dismissal at 1:10 -1/24/13 Spelling Bee Day Our PBIS goal is 30 stars. We are progressing well with 28 stars. Upcoming Dates for you: Have a great day! Let me know if you have any questions. Ms.Hagen and Ms. LeGros