“He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
Important Information
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter break.
Please make sure water bottles come to school everyday.
Please double check with your child to make sure that she or he has all necessary supplies. Many children do not have pencils, and they need to be replenished. Thank you for your assistance in this.
Information on our planned field trip will be going home this week. Please be on the lookout!
Academics
Math: We are continuing our unit on Fractions. We are focusing on relating fractions and area.
ELA: For Unit 5, Weeks 3-4 our essential question is “How do we get what we need? ” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Fairy Tale
- Shared Reading: ““Juanita and the Beanstalk”
- Anchor Text: “Clever Jack Takes the Cake”
- Paired Selection: “Money: Then and Now”
- Summarize
- Theme
- Author’s Purpose
- Character Perspective
- Vocabulary Words
- admit
- barter
- consider
- creation
- humble
- magnificent
- payment
- reluctantly
- Week 4 Spelling Words
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- tries
- tried
- trying
- dries
- dried
- drying
- hurries
- hurried
- hurrying
- studies
- studied
- studying
- plays
- played
- playing
- chapter
- bedtime
- letter
- obeyed
- worrying
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Science: In this lesson, students discover why dogs’ expressions, like tail wagging, are so useful when living in a pack. In the activity, Field Journal, students watch videos of different animals that live in groups to simulate observing them in their natural habitats. They discuss and record their observations, and construct an explanation of how living in groups helps these animals survive.
Social Studies: We are focusing on a growing nation. We will be learning about traveling by trails, rivers, wagon trains, and the railroad.
Religion: We are learning about Martin Luther and why the reformation was important.
TEST
Spelling and Reading Tests on Friday
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org
