Weekly Classroom Content

Week of October 26th ...

Math:  This week will continue our 5th unit on calculating for volume. We will continue with this unit throughout the week. There are two lessons left and a day of review. The test will most likely be on Thursday the 29th. 

Reading: Students will read an information text, "Salmon Creek". Their focus when reading is to visualize, clarify, compare, contrast, and recognize the difference between a fact and an opinion. 

Writing: Students will continue to  use  T.I.D.E. to write complete paragraphs based on the information they read about kelp forests and sea otters. They are working to explain how the evidence they chose ties in with the topic of their paragraphs. Students will also work to write in introductory paragraph and and a closing paragraph for their essays. 

Grammar: Students will continue to review adjectives and adverbs this week.

Spelling: This week, the students will cover unit 2 lesson 2. They are responsible for knowing how to spell the words as well as know their meanings. We put a strong emphasis on affixes and roots. 

Science Labs: Students will observe gravitational pull and recognize that gravity is affected by two factors: mass of an object and its distance.  (This unit is all about patterns in space. We will cover shadows, day & night, seasons, movement of constellations, moon phases, tides, gravity, etc. The standards are shown below. )