This week we are focusing on establishing classroom routines and procedures. As a class, we will develop our classroom rules. Students will also write a short story on The Best Part of Me. Our class will start our novel Eleven which takes place during 9/11. We will also review rounding in math. Lastly, students will take part in a on science labs using bubbles! 

This week we are beginning our instruction! Students will be starting our place value unit. We will focus on whole number place value, decimals to millionths, equivalent decimals and writing decimals in word form. We will also begin our Earth's Spheres unit where we learned about Earth's four spheres: hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. In language arts we will dive into character traits, learn about the structure of a corn plant and work on short vowel syllables with our first spelling test. Lastly, we will continue reading Eleven.

Students will be continuing our place value unit. This week we will focus on comparing, ordering, and rounding decimals. This week we will also wrap up our Earth's Spheres unit with an assessment mid-week. In science we will switch gears and begin talking about Earth's resources. In language arts we will dive into character change and conflict, cultivating natural resources, and long vowel syllables with a spelling test. We will continue reading Eleven.

This week we will be continuing our place value unit. Students will focus on rounding decimals and identifying more or less than using tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and ten-thousands. In science, we will discuss Earth's Water and with an assessment at the end of the week. In language arts we will wrap up our cultivating natural resources unit with a cumulative assessment on Friday. In spelling, we will work on R-Controlled vowels with a spelling test. We will continue reading Eleven.

This week we will be finishing our place value unit. Students will be assessed on their understanding of concepts at the end of the week. In science, we will learn about Landforms with an assessment mid-week. In language arts, we will begin unit 2 Developing Character Relationships with a weekly assessment on Friday. In spelling, we will work on R-Controlled vowels with a spelling test. We will finish reading Eleven this week.

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