January 25

Reading: DRA testing continues this week.  We have started new class novels and are working on our SAGE testing.	Science:  Tuesday we will be building our water chambers.  Please remember to send salt dough with your child.
Math: We are beginning our study of decimals.  We will build a basic foundation and the work on comparing decimals and  fractions.	Writing: Thank you all for helping your child work on Utah Compose.  This is a great tool to help improve our writing skills.
Spelling: Words for this week have suffixes: easiest, contentment, orphanage, insatiable, graciousness, similarity, merciless, chauvinism, emaciated, meaningful, doubtful, descendant, governess, luckiest, straighten, kleptomania, alcoholism, enjoyable, movement, successful  BONUS hydrological, molecule, Taliban, Pakistan, meteorologist	Reminders: ·      Book Reports are due on Friday. ·      January poem is due on Friday. ·      Please sign up for PT Conf. ·      Remember to send Salt Dough on Tuesday. ·

January 11, 2016

Reading: DRA testing begins this week.  To add to our nonfiction reading skills we are reading about the early white men who traveled through Utah.	Science:  In January we study the water cycle.  Students will participate in several experiments and as a culminating activity they will build a water chamber.
Math: Fractions, fractions and more fractions. We are exploring many and different ways to use fractions. This week’s focus is on mixed numbers.  Many students are enjoying ST math for part of their nightly homework.	Writing: Students are finishing their first opinion essay in response to an assigned reading. These are due on Friday.
Spelling: Words for this week are compound words: kinfolk, drive-in, lightweight, playwright, pushover, grapevine, scapegoat, silverware, supersubtle, cowlick, weekend, yardstick, bellboy, firecracker, radioactivity, seawall, sandstone, tenpenny, upsurge, ten-gallon BONUS words: accumulation, transpiration, numismatics, counterfeit, sufficient	Reminders: *January Book Report assignment is to read a biography.  Students will need to write an essay discussing how the person they read about changed history. *This is White Ribbon Week. Students learn and discuss internet safety.  To show our support students have been asked to wear WHITE shirts on WEDNESDAY.

January 4, 2016 Happy New Year

Reading: This week we are focusing on nonfiction text structure and understanding. Students will use their Time for Kids magazine to practice their skills.  Students will have the opportunity to read a book of their choice for part of reader’s workshop.	Science:  In January we study the water cycle.  Students will participate in several experiments and as a culminating activity they will build a water chamber.
Math: Fractions, fractions and more fractions. We are exploring many and different ways to use fractions. This week’s focus is on mixed numbers.  Many students are enjoying ST math for part of their nightly homework.	Writing: This week we are focusing on different formats to reply to a prompt in preparation for the SAGE testing.
Spelling: Words for this week are ie words: believe, shield, receipt, sleigh, niece, mischief, achieve, weight, yield, field, audience, perceive, pierce, fierce, brief, patience, grief, receive, freight, ceiling Bonus Words-precipitation, condensation, evaporation, percolation, rendezvous	Reminders: *Thank you for all of the kinds words and gifts I received for Christmas.  I appreciate all of you and I truly love your children. *January Book Report assignment is to read a biography.  Students will need to write an essay discussing how the person they read about changed history.