News for the week of March 19-23

Post date: Mar 15, 2018 7:17:06 PM

As a reminder, the personal thank you letter writing project is due on Monday, 3/19. Please refer to the Homework page for more information. We will begin a new section in our English book this week and become Adjective experts!

This week in Reading our main selection is realistic fiction called I Love Saturdays y domingos. Tested Vocabulary words from this selection are:

bouquet, circus, difficult, nibbling, pier, soars, swallow

This week's Spelling words are all homophones - words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings. They are:

to

too

two

week

weak

road

rode

stair

stare

bear

bare

write

right

new

knew

their

there

they're

weather

whether

In Math, we wrapped up an exploration of fraction concepts last week with an assessment packet that your child brought home on Friday. Please sign this and return it. We are now exploring customary units of measurement and will soon begin studying 2- and 3-dimensional figures and geometry concepts.

In Science, we are learning about ecosystems. We are still waiting patiently for our mealworms to undergo metamorphosis and become beetles. These are some of the largest mealworms I've ever encountered!