Happy St. Patrick's Day!
It promises to be a busy week of learning this week before our week off for Spring Break.
Reading: The focus of the week is on elements of the story, especially focusing on the plot line, conflict, climax and resolution. The students are reading books this week about he Civil War as they discuss these aspects of the story. Our vocabulary words this week go along with the Civil War and the stories we are reading this week: cause, valise, rubble, alcove, drummer-boy, pugnacious, advocate, gallant and Mason-Dixon line.
Language: There will be a test on commas and quotation marks tomorrow (Tuesday). The rest of the week, we will focus on writing for our Student Treasures book. Look for information this week about ordering your own copy of this book written by these students!
Spelling: The focus this week is on words with VCCV and VCV spelling patterns in words such as dentist and reward.
Math: Fractions continue to be the focus. This week the students will be learning more about mixed numbers (2 and 1/4) and improper fractions (9/4). We will also explore adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
Alabama History: The students will be learning more about the Battle of Gettysburg, military leaders of the Civil War and Sherman's march and destruction through the South.
Science: We will learn about static electricity and magnets this week as we connect that information to what we already know about electricity.
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