Peek at the Week

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY & MONDAY 1/13 & 1/16! (Teacher In-Service Day & Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

21st Cent. Class: Coding

Specials:

Monday through Thursday: Music

Misc:

*Fund Run Pizza Party celebration will be Monday! (No lunches are needed this day, just snacks, if your child likes pizza!)

*Spelling Bee is 9-10 on Wednesday

*Lung Lab is Wednesday from 11-12:30

Ms. Morgan's Math:

*Math's Mate's Test is this Thursday!

Chapter 7: Expressions and Patterns

We will continue our division skills throughout this chapter by designing a movie theater!

*Writing Numerical Expressions - Monday

*Problem Solving/Quiz - Tuesday

*No Math Wednesday - Spelling Bee is 9-10

*Patterns - Thursday

Read & React:

Vocabulary Unit 7 - Test is on January 18th

*Practice activities are in their Flocabulary site

*Hands-on Vocabulary Games are within the classroom for your child's use if they'd like as well to support them with their study habits

*Ask your child to show you how "Heads up, Seven up - Vocabulary Style" works!

Read Aloud: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by: Chris Grabenstein

Creative Writing:

This week's skill:

*Commas after sequence words

Zebra on the Loose Article

*Students will be given multiple fictional interviews about a zebra on the loose. They will collect as much information as they can from the interviews they read and then create a newspaper article based on their findings using text evidence.

*Once students have analyzed interviews regarding a "Zebra on the Loose", they will then write an article from a journalist's perspective based on what they were told and could infer

Exploration:

Essential Question: How have places and regions in the United States been influenced by the physical geography of North America over time?

*Monday (1/13) Schedule:

Northeast 1:25 - 1:40 (Howard) Midwest 1:25 - 1:40 (Morgan) Southeast 1:45 - 2:00 (Howard) Southwest 2:05 - 2:20 (Howard) West 1:45 - 2:00 (Morgan)

--->If you need help or have questions Ms. Morgan will be available for questions at 2:00.

President Research Project

*Students will be researching a president/vice president of their choice and then will be given three options on how they can present their research. Their research will begin this week.

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