December 2 - 6, 2013


Dear Parents,

            Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the holiday break with your families!

A HUGE thank you to everyone that provided food for our Thanksgiving Feast! Everything was absolutely delicious and the kids really enjoyed themselves. Thank you to those of you who joined us at the feast as well.   Your help was greatly appreciated!!

             Can you believe we only have a few short weeks before we are out for Christmas break?! This means we are really going to be flying!! Please help your kiddo remember to take care of their responsibilities: homework, AR, graded papers, turning in completed assignments, etc.   Thanks for your help in advance with this.

            
This week we will be learning about...

Math-Geometry review: 2D/ 3D figures, quadrilaterals, edges, faces, sides, vertices.  Introduce congruency.

Reading- Analyzing text structure, review sequencing, inferencing,  and cause and effect.

Writing- Discuss the importance of pre-writing/ brainstorming. Creating imagery through use of descriptive language. Review present and future tense verbs.

Science-Introduce forces in systems. Explore properties of push and pull.

Social Studies- Read expository articles on George Washington. Use descriptive writing to describe the famous painting of Mona Lisa.

Spelling- Vowel team –oi, -oy

Here is copy of the homework sheet for this week.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4wt8zHnsTEsMkZrRkh4OGtEMEU/edit?usp=sharing

Have a wonderful week:)