Here we are! The week before Winter Break!
Here are the reminders for this week.
1. If you haven't returned the movie/hot chocolate permission form, please return it at your earliest convenience. We will be watching a movie and sipping hot chocolate on Friday. The students have also been told that they can wear pajamas, bring in a stuffed animal and a pillow if they so choose to do so. The celebration will take place Friday morning.
2. The Winter Party will take place on Friday afternoon. I'm confident that the party planners have some fun things planned for us.
3. Winter Break is from 12/21/13 to 1/5/14. School resumes on Monday, January 6th, 2014. Enjoy your time off!
Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:
Word Study/Spelling: There will be NO Word Study this week! We have a lot going on later in the week, and I feel that we will not have the opportunity to cover all the lessons that are needed for the students to be successful. Enjoy the week off of studying! :-)
Math Accel: We are moving along in Unit 3. The students took a quiz last week on ratios and algebraic equations. This week we will continue discussing ratios and unit rates. We will also be fitting in some problem solving. The Unit 3 test will occur after we return from Winter Break.
ELA (English Language Arts): Courage continues to be our topic for this quarter. We are approaching about halfway in our Wonder read-aloud book. We are making the finishing touches on our Courage books. They are looking great! They will be due on Wednesday. If your child still has a lot of work to do on their Courage books, I would recommend that they take them home to work on them. Science, SS and Language Arts are all overlapping a bit at this time. For part of our ELA time, we will be working on a Reading A-Z book entitled, Seeds of the Revolution, where we will focus on vocabulary, cause and effect and inquiry/discussion circles.
Social Studies: We continue to work towards the Revolutionary War. Through our tic-tac-toe activities we have learned a lot about the events leading up to the war such as the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre and Paul Revere's famous ride. The tic-tac-toe projects were amazing! The last one, #3, was due this past Friday, and I am currently in the process of grading them. Several students challenged themselves by completing more than the required 3 activities. I am so proud of them for this!
Science: Science is back! Last week, the students learned some vocabulary on Atomic Structure. We watched a Study Jam video. (The video link is on my blog under homework.) It would be a good idea for your child to rewatch the video as we will be having a quiz on these key vocabulary words on Wednesday. We will be using our electronic devices this week to go to Today's Meet to review for the test. This week we will be spending a good amount of time in the computer lab or cluster doing research on atoms. We will be creating our own elements research journals.
That's it for now. Have a great week!
As always, please contact me with any questions.
~Mrs. Bennick
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Asheville, North Carolina
