Wednesday, March 7, 2018

MARCH 5-9, 2018

Study multiplication facts nightly!


ELA:
Informational Writing - Complete Informational Writing
Mentor Sentence: Looking at mentor text and discussing how to incorporate style of various sentences into personal writing. This week's focus: adjectives
A Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
Yes, right there in the center of our yard, this weird-looking tree grew to become the center of our outdoor life.
Vocabulary: Week 18 - Quiz Thursday, March 15
**Know the words and their meanings as well as how to use the words correctly in a sentence according to their meaning** This week we will also focus on the 3 types of sentences and the ability to write compound, complex, and simple sentences and identify the difference between the three types of sentences
present - a period of time that is now occurring; to deliver a speech or idea
concise - short and gets to the pointin a few words
specific - clearly defined or identified
prank -a practical joke or trick
continuous - without an end
decline - unwillingness to consider an idea or request
pivot - to turn as if on a pin
gnaw - to bite or chew with your teeth
Reading:
Science:
Study Guide went home today (3/7)
SL1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the similarities and differences
between plants, animals, and habitats found within geographic regions (Blue Ridge Mountains,
Piedmont, Coastal Plains, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau) of Georgia.
a. Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's
geographic regions.
b. Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation,
migration, and mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.
c. Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat
and not in another.

Math:
Study multiplication facts each night.
Measurement: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons,
including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length,
and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and
different perimeters.

Homework:
* Read 30 minutes nightly
* Study Habitats & Regions
* Study multiplication facts
* IXL (starred items in math and ela), Mobymax (fact fluency), Khan Academy
* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)
* Weekly Spiral Grammar & math


Important Dates:
March 8 - Bookfair preview
March 8-15 - Bookfair
Technology:
Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL,
Khan Academy, MobyMax, Typing.com. If you need this information, and have lost the
letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.

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