Week of October 12 - 16

NO SCHOOL Monday! I hope everyone had a nice and restful 3-day weekend!
Progress Reports go home Friday, October 16

This week in Language Arts -- we are not having a full week of Word Study. We will do a class-wide sort and have only two nights of Word Study homework and no test on Friday.
Assignments:
Tuesday - Reading Log 30 minutes -- be sure you are keeping up with this!
Wednesday - WS: Star Sentences (compound words sort) and Reading Log 30 minutes
Thursday - WS: Choice Activity (compound words sort) and Reading Log 30 minutes
Friday - Reading Log 30 minutes

We will wrap up our Junior Great Books unit by having our small group discussion (accountable talk) about the story Barbie. We will begin our next reading unit -- Native American Protagonists where we will also learn elements of character development and decoding unknown words from context skills. This week we'll be learning how Literature Circles will work and practicing the jobs we will all have during this unit to prepare for discussions in the Literature Circles. Students will receive their books for this unit on Friday or Monday of next week along with a unit-long calendar showing what needs to be read, what work needs to be done, and by when.

This week in Math... we are continuing our graphing units by learning how to make bar graphs on the computer. We will also explore line graphs -- reading, interpreting, and making predictions based on the information displayed -- we'll collect data and make our own line graphs as well.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Tuesday - Wks - Reading & Interpreting double bar
Graphs
Wednesday - Finish side 2 of The Cookie Sheet (analyzing double bar graphs)
Thursday - Wks: Reading a Line Graph
Friday -NO HOMEWORK

This week in Science... we are still exploring matter! We will explore what happens when two elements bond together. We'll make models of molecules, explore compounds, and chemical reactions. Students will also be introduced to their first research project in science. Look for the assignment and rubric to come home. MOST of this project will be done in class but students may need to spend time at home finishing it up. The project will be due the first week of November.