This is what's happening this week!

Reading

Last week- Making Predictions

This week in reading we are going back over making inferences. This was a hard skill for everyone to grasp so I felt that it would be very benificial to the students to review. 


Language Arts

Spelling- unit 12- mother, country, light, father, let

 *Remember that our words are always recycled! Look in your child's planner for previous words! 

Skill in spelling- compound words VS words with suffixes

Language- DOL(Daily Oral Language)

Writing- Writing to tell WHY

Word of the Week- superb- excellent, great

Idiom of the Week- It goes in one ear and out the other.- He is not paying attention.

 


Math

We are studying multiplication. We will be putting our multiplication skills to use by working with words problems/problem solving.


Science

We are going to study the Earth's Land. We will be studying the following:

the layers of the Earth- crust, mantle, core

landforms

slow and rapid changes to the land- ex. erosion, weathering, earthquakes, volcanoes

soil and the different types

how soil is made

resources and how to conserve them