Friday, September 13, 2013

The Week of September 16, 2013

Dear Parents,
 4th and 5th grade Curriculum Night is this Tuesday, September, 17th!
 6:30 - 6:45 The evening begins in the gym with Mrs. Schultz, principal of Prairieview
 6:45 - 7:00  Math Presentation in your child's math classroom
 7:00 - 7:30 Homeroom Presentation

Wednesday, September 18th  12:15 Lakeview band performs for Prairieview students.
~ Parents may attend.
 Friday, September 20th SPIRIT DAY.....CRAZZZY HAIR DAY!!! (My hair looks this way daily!)


HERE's WHAT's HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING: Lesson 3 and "word of the week"

ENGLISH: Unit 1 Sentences....4 kinds of sentences, subjects/predicates, simple subjects/simple predicates "verbs".  This should be a review.  The students will be given enrichment work.

READING: We discussed the word BIBLIOPHILE and its meaning!  We did an activity where they gave an example of a bibliophile.....it's on a bulletin board that you can see at Curriculum Night!

This week we begin various reading activities that will encompass the theme of  COURAGE.
*vocabulary  *Character traits and supporting evidence  *Comprehension
We will be using an exert from the book Hatchet and some non fiction short news stories.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  The Spanish  conquistadors have taken over the Aztec and Incan empires and areexpanding New Spain.
On Monday, we will be making Aztec masks as an extension to what we are learning about the Aztec culture
Lesson 3 The students will be learning about life in new Spain.
The students will be getting a "How to Study Sheet on Thursday"
Thursday we will be playing a Jeopardy review game.
Chapter 4 test is scheduled for Monday, September 23rd.

SCIENCE:  What conditions affect the water cycle?

MATH: Chapter 1 Lesson 5 We will be using base 10 blocks to understand place value in decimal value.
Lesson 6  Decimal Place Value through thousandths in standard, expanded, and word form
Lesson 7 Comparing Decimals
Lesson 8 Compare Whole Numbers and Decimals