Math Newsletter

Friday, November 4, 2016

Week of November 7-11





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Math
Continue working on Module 2 - Subtraction
Mini lessons on place value, comparing and ordering numbers, and word problems





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ELA
Complete and Simple subjects and predicates
Adjectives
Review cause and effect
Text dependent analysis through science readings

Quiz on Subjects, predicates, adjectives: November 12





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Science
Rainforest Topics:
    Climate of the rainforest
    Layers of the rainforest
    Adaptations of rainforest plants and animals
    Harmful and helpful things to the rainforest
    Vocabulary: camouflage, warning colors, mimicry, adaptation, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, predator, prey, producer, consumer, decomposer, food chain, and food web

Vocabulary Quiz: November 10
Quiz: November 11
Tentative test date: November 14





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Social Studies
Native Americans:
Where each nation lived
Jobs of women and men
What their homes were called and what they were made of
Their government
Clothes
Food
Nicknames (if any)
What they were known for making
Vocabulary: council, palisade, Midden mound, barter



Test: November 7







Module 2 Topic B Newsletter

Friday, October 28, 2016

Student Council Representatives

Congratulations to our 2 student council reps, Davia and Ean!! The class nominated Davia, Tessa, Kayla S., Piper, Ean, Kai, Evan R., and Isael. Congratulations to these nominees as well!!

Monday, October 24, 2016

Week of October 24

Math
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Measurement - Continue working with Liters and milliliters
Quiz on lessons 9-11 on Wednesday.
Rounding - We have already been working on this through our Math 4 Today.

Math 4 Today - Please look for this sheet. We are on Week 9. On Tuesdays through Fridays, we work on Days 1 through 4. On Mondays, they take the Math 4 Today weekly assessment. They keep this in their white binder in the math section.





Reading
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Mentor Sentences through the book Enemy Pie (will work on adjectives, complete subject, simple subject, complete predicate, simple predicate)

Wilbur's Boast test on Thursday.

Vocabulary to Know:
conversation, boasting, scrambled, interrupted, sway, seized, rebuild
enemy, invited, recipe, pretend, surprised, panicked, poisonous, attention, confused, delicious, ingredients, secret, trampoline, disgusting






Science
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Finish notes on forests. Remind them they can go to the Science Google Classroom to review. There are videos and readings as well as some of the activities we have completed in class. Vocabulary to follow.
Test on forests on Friday


Begin Rainforests. Same format as grasslands and forests.






Social Studies
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Working on Native American tribes in South Carolina (Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee). Vocabulary to follow. 
Test on Monday.