T5W4 Update

Unit of Inquiry:  How the World Works 

Central Idea: Changes occur in our world that are within and outside of our control. 

Homework, Lesson 12, Lesson 13, Lesson 14, Spelling City 

Since there's a teacher workday on Monday, homework is due on Friday.  

Please ask your child to log into Spelling City so that they can show you their progress.  Students complete sentence work and are allowed to study during their morning work time.  Unfortunately, some students aren't using this time productively and they are getting low scores on the spelling and vocabulary quizzes.  I will continue to allow time for in-class study; however, students who find learning new vocabulary challenging should incorporate more study into their homework time.

ELA - Last Friday we completed Messenger and students will be working on their final reflections and group project this week.  We will begin reading Son later this week.  Students will be finishing their research and begin drafting their essays this week.  Additionally, we will continue reading WWII related informational texts.

Math - We are continuing our work with volume and area.

Social Studies - This week we will continue our WWII unit with an inquiry project.  Students were put into groups and each group will research a WWII subtopic.  They will present their topics to the class on Friday.

Science - Last week we went on a walking field trip to Hawk Hollow and the kids really enjoyed it.  This week we are going to continue learning about constructive and destructive forces that shape Earth landforms.  Today students learned about how water works as a destructive force.

Spanish Announcement
Queridas familias de F.AVE, 

We are rapidly approaching the end of our fifth term! During the week of March 27- 31, students will be assessed in Spanish over Writing and Listening.  Please be on the lookout for our mid-term vocabulary quiz in the red communication folder. It is very good indicator of your child’s progress this term and which areas he or she may need to work on before the end of term assessments. And as always, for extra, at-home review, please visit our Quizlet page and practice

Term Five activities:  https://quizlet.com/subject/fourfiveacademy/

¡Gracias!

Maestra Wagner
hwagner@csdecatur.net
http://favespanish.weebly.com/