Words of the Week:

We will be working with the same words as last week. The students didn't have time to do the quiz and need a little more practice with the words seeing as they are quite big. We will also be doing a whole class activity with last weeks words. Today, since buses were cancelled we will be have the quiz Tuesday.

Writing Focus:

The students will be creating a poem for Mr. Noble this week to present in the gymnasium on Wednesday. Mr. Noble has taken a job at another school. This week will be his last. At home, the students are encouraged to make individual cards for Mr. Noble to thank him for everything he has done for us.

Reading:

We will finish reading Chapters 1-7 from Holes and working on reading responses based on the book.

Math:

We are continuing to learn more about perimeter. We are focusing on finding perimeter from reading word problems. We will have a quick quiz on Wednesday about elapsed time and perimeter.

Science:

We will be completing our Science unit on gears and pulleys. The students will have to build a gear train and label the direction of force.

Social Studies:

The students are presenting their posters this week (If I were a king, queen, lord, lady, knight, serf)

Planner Notes:
-Students need to make sure that they are wearing the proper shoes outside. The playground is very wet and they will have soaked feet all day long if they do not wear the proper shoes. Also, when we come in from recess we need to make sure that we are changing our shoes. We don't want our classroom floor to get soaked, so we don't have any dangerous falls.
-The students are expected to be using their planners on a weekly basis.
-They should be writing their words of the week in their planners from now on.
-Also, a lot of people have been forgetting to hand in their Math problems of the week, and will need to use their planners to remind themselves to hand them in every FRIDAY.

Have a great week!

Ms. McNamara
 Why can't the weather make it's mind up?  :)

Reading:
Last week we began reading a class book. The book we have started reading is called Holes, by Louis Sachar.

Words of the Week:

The words of the week will be based on vocabulary from the book Holes. Click on the link below for practice and definitions:

Holes Vocabulary Chapters 1-7

Writing:

We will be writing an on demand writing task on Tuesday. They will be assessed on what they have learned throughout our persuasive writing unit.

Math:

Monday, we will be writing a Math assessment for data management.
We have been learning to tell time to the second on an anolog clock and interpreting elapsed time between two clocks.
This week we will also focus on finding the perimeter of various shapes and objects.

Websites for Math Practice:
Elapsed Time
More Elapsed Time
Perimeter Practice

Science:

We will be learning all about gears this week and how they work.

Rear Cog

Front Cog

January 14-18

Word Work:

WORDS OF THE WEEK:

Homophones

Homophones Extra Practice and Review :
Practice using they're, there, and their. These are called homophones.
This week we are going to focus on homophones.

they're, there and their

homophones game

Writing: 

Our persuasive writing pieces are due this Friday.

Math:

We will finish up data management this week. We will have a Math test next Monday!
You can sign out a text book to study.
First, we will finish up with mode, median and mean.

Go to the following websites for extra practice:

mode median and mean

mode, median, mean game

We will also begin our measurement unit with telling time.
Go to the following website to practice using two different types of clocks (digital and analog)

Learn to Tell Time

Words of the Week Online Word Study:

Dear Students and Parents: 

Each week a new list of 10 words will be put up on the website bekow. The students will have the opportunity to read, spell, test themselves, and play games with the words. The games they can play are under the green column listed free activities. Playing around with the words each week will help improve the students understanding of our vocabulary lists each week. Enjoy! Ms.McNamara

WEBSITE:

Words of the Week