Math

This week in math, we will continue with Area, Perimeter, and Volume formulas. The students will understand that the units that we use to find volume are called cubic units that all have a length, width, and height of 1. We will focus on problem solving with Area, Perimeter, and Volume. By the end of the week, we will begin learning how to convert units of measure in customary and metric. We will utilize our STAAR reference sheet to determine how to convert units of measure.

For homework this week, students will use the starred concepts in IXL and get a score of 80% on at least 3 concepts.

Science & Social Studies

This week in Science, we are continuing our exploration of the properties of light! Students are learning that light must travel in straight lines and can be both reflected and refracted through the use of lasers, mirrors, and prisms. We will move into our final unit around mid-week when we begin designing experiments with forces.

Daily STEMScopes assignments continue this week.

In Social Studies this week, we are continuing our study of the turn of the century and are well on our way into the 1900s. This week we explore World War 1, the Roaring 20s, the Crash and Great Depression, and the early part of FDR and the New Deal. We are covering events leading up to WW2.

This is a 4 week unit!

Reading/ Writing

This week students will continue working on their book club book. We have 2 meetings left for this book club. Students will be responsible for different jobs that they need to complete and share with their book club group. The schedule of when their jobs are due is posted in canvas. We will be finishing our book club book this week in class. Next week, students will begin their end of book project.

Students will receive new spelling words this week. Their activities will be due next Thursday the 14th. Their spelling test will also be next Thursday the 14th.

Students will have a STAAR review practice in Reading at least once every week until we have our STAAR . We will be reviewing our skills as well as our strategies.

Book Talk #4 is due Friday April 29th. This will be our final book talk of the year. This will be a "bag" book talk, which means that students will bring in 5 different items in a paper bag that are meaningful in their story. As they do the book talk, the students will pull out the items and share/ explain them.