Week of March 21- 25, 2016

Welcome Spring and Happy Easter!!!!

Homework for this week:


Reading - this week we will be doing another close reading selection about another biome. We will be reading and answering questions about the tundra We will also discuss the week's vocabulary words and read the story "The Lost city " from our reading text in small groups. Homework in reading will be to study the vocabulary on the family times newsletter.We will not have a reading test this week due to no school on Friday.


Grammar - We will be learning about adverbs this week. Adverbs are parts of speech and describe verbs. They answer the questions how, where, or when about a verb. Review using the family times letter each night. Quiz will be on Thursday.


spelling - pretest on Monday with corrections for homework. Tuesday will be the word search and Wednesday homework will be the ABC order sheet. Post test will be on Thursday. study the list on the family times newsletter.


Math - We are continuing with topic 16. Homework will be 16-3 on Monday, 16-4 on Tuesday, 16-5 on Wednesday, and 16-6 on Thursday.

Science - we will be wrapping up habitats and ecosystems this week and starting electricity and magnetism.


social studies- we will be continuing our lessons on PA. We will start to learn the history of PA. Check assignment books for any homework this week.


chinese auction theme basket- we have decided to do a "green" basket, with natural cleaning and household products. We will send home a list of some ideas to contribute to our basket this week. If you have any ideas to share, please let us know. We want to include different eco-friendly products to use in our home and environment. Some ideas can be recycled product including paper or paper products, natural plant-based cleaning or household items, reusable metal drink bottles, etc...