Since the class has been taken through a full Wordly Wise lesson and test they will now be assigned Wordly Wise #2. Normally I will assign it on Tuesday and have sections A-E due on Thursday, however this week I am assigning it today (Wednesday) and it will be due Friday. They will work at home on Lesson #2 and sections A-E are due Friday and the students will be tested next Wednesday over the vocabulary. Tuesdays normally would be the tests, however since Monday is Labor Day I pushed it to Wednesday. If you would like your child to also spell the words please be practicing, however it is not a requirement for the students to spell the words.
The writing focus has been expository. This week we took word bites, which are quick words that define a topic. For instance: Summer could be the topic; the word bites could be: pool, hot, friends, icecream, sun, drought...
From there we will expand on these word bites and create our first expository writing.
From the reading book they have been reading expository text about weather. This past week we read about volcanos, tornados and earthquakes.
In math we have been working on multiplying double digits by double digits. We will continue to practice this into next week. Please remember to practice math multiplication and division facts through 12s.
We have continued to study the ancient peoples of Texas and their ways of survival.
In science students have been experimenting with vascular and non vascular plants. They are studying fungi and bacteria and next week we will be completing a lab using yeast.
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