“A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
Important Information
Scholastic Book order forms went home on Friday 1/27. If you wish to order books for your child, please submit your order by Tuesday, February 7th. You can order on line at scholastic.com/bookclubs. The class code is GZBYH.
The last days of January and the beginning of February are a good time to make sure that students still have all their supplies. It is also a time to remember that chromebooks need to come to school fully charged each day.
Some students are forgetting to bring their instruments to school for band and instrument lessons. Ms. Philbin emails the band schedule to all student usually by Thursday for the following week. Please make sure that your child brings his/her instrument to school for both the lesson and band rehearsal. For some students, that is two times a week. Should you have any questions, please contact Ms. Philbin or Mr. Stainkamp.
Academics
Math: We are finishing up Module 8 this week and we will have our test on Thursday.
ELA: For Unit 3, Week 5 our essential question is “How is each event in history unique?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Expository Text
- Shared Reading: Moving America Forward
- Anchor Text: Birth of an Anthem
- Paired Selection: Discovering life Long Ago
- Summarize
- Timelines and Captions
- Text Structure: Chronology
- Author’s Purpose
- Vocabulary Words
- agreeable
- appreciate
- boomed
- descendants
- population
- resources
- transportation
- vehicles
- Suffixes: -able, -ful, and -less
- Week 5 Spelling Words
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- Diphthongs /oi/ and /ou/
- Structural Analysis: Prefixes: un-, non-, dis
- foil
- coins
- noise
- point
- enjoy
- joyful
- down
- owl
- crowd
- plow
- round
- couch
- proud
- bounce
- loudly
- misprint
- prepaid
- discount
- choice
- snowplow
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- Week 5 Grammar
- Combining Sentences with Verbs
Social Studies: We are still learning about the three branches of government. This week we will focus on our national leaders and then we will begin to learn specifics about each branch of the government, starting with the legislative branch.
TEST and QUIZZES
Thursday: Math Test
Friday: Spelling Test
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]