November 24- Dec. 5
Reading -
We begin our Geology unit. We will read about Earth's layers, plate tectonics, earthquakes, and tsunamis. We will work on details and text evidence. We will focus on similes, suffix -ly, and using commas correctly.
Language - We will continue to review verbs. We will focus this week on helping verbs, progressive verb tenses, and modal auxiliary verbs.
Spelling - This reading unit does have spelling words. Our first test will be on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The words that will be tested are: archrival, paragraph, rupture, hierarchy, biographer, abrupt, matriarch, uninterrupted, anarchy, autograph, eruption, calligraphy.
Test on Wednesday, Jan. 14 words: molten, fault, geyser, epicenter, seismograph, glacier, tsunami, erosion, conclusion, tectonic.
Daily Lanaguae Quiz(DOL) -
We will complete DOL each morning on the paper in your child's binder and take the quiz on Friday through Google Classroom. Quizzes are only 20% of the nine weeks average.