September 28, 2015

Reading: Our study of story elements continues. Students have begun novel discussion groups. Students read an assigned part of their book and write a detailed response to what they have read.	Social Studies: Students enjoyed making cake maps last week.  This was a culminating activity to our Utah Geography unit.  Students received a study sheet today to help them prepare for the end of unit test. The test includes labeling a map of Utah with major geographic features.
Math: Students continue to explore a variety of ways to multiply larger numbers. They learn several strategies that help deepen their understanding of place value and math properties. We are also continuing to work on multiplicative comparisons Please continue to help your child learn their multiplication facts!	Writing: Students are working on 5 paragraph essays about Utah’s land regions. They are using the information from Social Studies to complete their essays.
Spelling: Spelling words this week are plural words with ves. elf, elves, leaf, leaves, life, lives, wolf, wolves, shelf, shelves, wife, wives, half, halves, loaf, loaves, knife, knives, yourself, yourselves, nomadic, Anasazi, paleontologist, archaeologist, reservoir We will begin our study of Greek and Latin stem and roots this week. Bi, sub, de, pre, super	Reminders: ·      Book Reports and monthly poems are due on Wednesday ·      Please sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences if you have not already

September 14, 2015

Reading: This week we begin our study of story elements. Students will study character, plot, setting and the theme of the story. Students will complete their DRA testing this week.	Social Studies Students continue to work on map skills. We are beginning to learn about Utah's geographic regions and physical features.
Math: This week  we begin our study of multiplicative comparisons. It is in to using algebra to solve multiplication story problems with missing information.  Students should continue to practice their math facts at home.	Writing: Students will complete their essays about themselves. We will continue learning how to structure a five paragraph essay.
Spelling: Students take a pretest on Monday.  We have our first test on Thursday, if students spell all of the words correctly they don’t take the Friday spelling test.  If students miss any words they have another chance to improve their score on Friday. Words this week are sounds of “s” and “j” List: prove, groovy, whoop, would, through, proud, taught, thought, author, crowd, detour, dawn, bronco, corral tough, coral, coyote, avoid, fowl, flour Bonus: chinook, global, auroras, doldrums, pollution	Misc. Wolf Walk is this Friday :) Students should practice their monthly poems.  They are due on September 30. Book reports are due on September 30. Feel free to contact me at any time.

September 8, 2015