Monday, October 3rd

Reading -- Students wrote down their weekly vocabulary words (the words are listed in the previous post) and they read silently.


Science - Students reviewed the parts of a plant cell and received an introduction on the parts of a plant.  We concluded science by watching a BrainPop video on how plants grow and students took a short quiz related to the video.


Social Studies -- Students worked in their textbooks to answer questions about the start of the Civil War.


Writing -- Students worked on their weekly reading questions.  I also distributed a worksheet titled "The 100 most commonly misspelled words."  


Math -- Students worked with their 10x10 workmats and in groups with base-ten blocks.  They are learning how to multiply decimals using grids and making connections with the information they learned about fractions and percents last term.


Homework -- Packets and vocabulary worksheets went home today (both are due on Thursday).  Students should work on vocabulary every day this week.  They have sentences to write, words to sort, and they should practice re-writing the words so they can get used to spelling them correctly.  Learning root words is challenging; however, the long-term benefits are invaluable.