Sunday 4 October 2020

October 5 to 8

 Important Dates:

October 8 -  Present your DRAMA...in full costume...

The Case of the Missing Dentures... memorize your lines!

 October 9 to 12 is Thanksgiving Break

October 14 - Picture retakes

October 15 - Earthquake Drill @ 10:15ish

October 19 - Fire Drill @ 11 am

October 23  - PRO-D Day

October 30 = Orange and Black Day / Hallowe'en Activities

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Learning opportunities this week...
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Language Arts - we finished the first novel study - The Lemonade Crime ...
                           begins this week.

The Lemonade Crime - Ch 1 

The Lemonade Crime - Ch 2                          

                           Our main reading goal in this book is to

                           practice our SUMMARIZING SKILLS...

                           and also reading comprehension, analyze

                           characters, vocabulary, and events, 

                           evaluate ideas, discussions and questioning.
  

~ CREATIVE WRITING - started with complete sentences, understanding sentence fragments, and using proper punctuation. We have brainstormed ideas for "Be A Perfect Person In Just Three Days!"                      

 ~Word Work - Unit 4 will be practiced this week. Complete all your work.

                        - list words will always be in the agendas.
                      - Unit #4 study all list words and the challenge words; TEST on THURSDAY.
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Math - NEW unit on addition and subtraction skills followed by REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS AND WORD PROBLEMS TO SOLVE.

PRACTICE YOUR MULTIPLICATION... DEEP DIVE MULTIPLICATION

Test went home to be signed and returned last Friday in MATH on place value / number sense.
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Health ~  "Keep Moving" unit... study the benefits of being physically active
            ~ Social Emotional Learning lessons

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Career Education - goal setting and how to achieve a long term goal 

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Science - The Scientific Method
             - demonstrations of experiments
             - learning how to describe the process and 
               carefully record all information in "lab write-up"

We will have our final 2 experiments and labs this week. Next week the students plan and present their own "variable experiment" with a partner. A Science TEST will follow. 

The Scientific Method 
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Socials - mapping skills will begin soon
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PE - flag football skills
      - proper techniques of throwing, catching, flag tackling,...
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Art -   Name Tangles Art and Autumn Scene need to be finished by Thursday.

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Drama - The Case Of The Missing Dentures

            - Study your lines!

           - Performances Thursday!

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Technology Skills - learning how to use POWERPOINT effectively
                              - on laptops - creative writing integration.
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CONGRATS to KADEN for earning WORKER OF THE WEEK last week and 

.... earned 10 house team points! Great efforts = great results!
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