Sunday, September 6, 2015

Week of 9/7-9/11

No school Monday, September 7th-- Labor Day!  Enjoy the long weekend!  This Wednesday will also be our first early release, dismissal will begin at 1:40!

We hope to see everyone at Open House on Thursday at 6PM.  

ELA with Mrs. Ray:
Another great week of learning in ELA! We have accomplished so much already.
Good Job on turning in the Read At Home Logs on Thursday.  Another log was given out and will be turned in again this coming Thursday. If students did not turn one in last week I will still accept it for full credit. 

This week I am not requiring another RRJ (Reader's Response Journal). We will take the time to make sure all students complete the first one correctly and have a "chat" with me to discuss the entrees.  The RRJ is a test grade so I want all students to understand the expectation.

We WILL have new vocabulary (pre-fix) words and a test on Friday even though it is a 4 day week.
Here are the words.

Vocabulary Words:




Our reading lessons this week have been related to Human Rights so it is also Social Studies.

We will be having a test on these words as well as the meaning of Human Rights as discussed in class. All information is found in our binders but the words that are important and will be tested are posted below.  The test for this material will be on Wednesday. Ask your students to tell you what it means to be "Brave"!




Math with Ms. Tiberio:
We will spend Tuesday reviewing concepts taught during the first 2 weeks of school: multiplying & dividing decimals by powers of 10.  

Wednesday- we will work on comparing decimal fractions using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols

Thursday- we will work on rounding decimals using our understanding of place value

Homework Math:
Tuesday- i-Ready 30 minutes
Wednesday & Thursday- Lesson 6 & 7 worksheets

Science: 
We will review Chapter 1 and test this week!  Students will bring home their workbooks to study!
Test on Friday!


Resources:
Tuesday- P.E. (wear tennis shoes)
Wednesday- Early Release/ Art
Thursday- Art



Check out the fun we had with M & M's in science class!  We were testing different variables regarding M & M's.  

Some of the variables we tested:
1. Does the color of M & M's dissolve faster or slower depending on the liquid?

We discovered it dissolves the fastest in hot water!  The temperature was over 100 degrees!  Cold water was the slowest!

2. Does the color on M & M's dissolve faster in a different liquid, such as Sprite?  

Ask your students some of the other variables and questions we asked about M & M's during Science last week!  




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