Mrs. Raiz

Below you will find some of the most commonly used programs/websites.  They can all be accessed through Clever.

Announcements:

• Please have your child bring a water bottle daily.

• Make sure to check your child's yellow folder every day for graded work or other important papers.

• Have your child bring his/her yellow folder every day to school.

Weekly Update

August 24-28

ELA:

Essential Question:  How do people respond to natural disasters?

Genre:  Expository text

Shared Read:    "A World of Change"

Anchor Text: "Earthquakes"

Vocabulary Words: 

(words & definitions will be coming home - these will be on the weekly test)

alter, collapse, crisis, destruction, hazard, severe, substantial, unpredictable

Vocabulary Strategies:

multiple meaning words

homographs

Reading Skills & Strategies:

compare/contrast

Text Features:

diagrams

headings

Math: 

Unit 1 Module 1 (We will be taking a pre-assessment before beginning this module)

Place Value:

understanding place value relationships, read/write multi-digit numbers using base ten numerals, number names, & expanded form to 1,000,000.

✖️Please make it a part of your child's nightly routine to practice multiplication facts.✖️

Science:    (earth & space) 

We will explore:

• Earth's surface has specific characteristics and landforms that can be identified.

• The surface of Earth changes due to weathering.

• The surface of Earth changes due to erosion and deposition.

SPECIALS SCHEDULE:

Monday - SPANISH

Tuesday - DISCOVERY LAB, GUIDANCE, LIBRARY

Wednesday - P.E.

Thursday - ART,  

Friday - MUSIC

Instrumental music: Lessons will be every Friday. Information about lessons will be coming home soon. Please be on the look out for it.