August 31- September 4th Happenings...

Happy 5th week of school! Curriculum Night is this Thursday at 7:00 PM, I hope to see you all there.

Spelling Words this week:
Spelling: Words with Inflections
-ed and –ing
1. counting
2. craned
3. seemed
4. burned
5. chopped
6. cracked
7. begged
8. moving
9. slipped
10. sailing
11. trimmed
12. shopping
13. returned
14. watching
15. pushed
16. visited
17. cringed
18. screamed
19. scratching
20. flapping
Challenge:
1. hovered
2. accusing
3. grabbed
4. nudged

Reading: This week we will be studying Historical Fiction and how to compare and contrast. Our reading selection this week will be Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain.

Math: We will conitune to work on place value and rounding, but we will also be moving into 2 by 3 digit multiplication.

Language Arts: We will be finishing up our Narrative Poem, "Where I'm From" and our unit on Types of Sentences.

Science: We will continue our unit on Ecosystems and create a bullfrog habitat. We will also be conducting a Potato Experiment so be sure to ask your child about that on Wednesday!

SS: We will be finishing up our unit on Maps with Longitude and Latitude and conducting an Atlas Search. There will be a Map Skills Test Friday!