Week 3
“The important thing is to not stop questioning.” – Albert Einstein
Scholastic book orders forms were sent home last week. They are due on Monday, September 28th. You can always order books online by going to Scholastic.com/readingclub and using our classrooom code GZBYH.
Math: We are working on subtraction strategies. We will be having a test early next week.
Religion: We are working on daily devotions. We are going to focus on the Bible this week and connecting with Psalm 46:1 (our Bible verse this year). Our Prayer video is Books Of The Bible (Old Testament) Song
Social Studies: We are continuing our unit on the geography of Mexico. They will be able to describe where it is geographically located, the different types of land formation, the plants and animals, as well as what it is like living in different climates. They will learn the following vocabulary words: geography, land formation, plains, plateau, volcano, rain forest, and climate.
ELA: Our spelling words this week are spoke, mile, save, excuse, come, invite, cube, price, erase, ripe, broke, flame, life, rule, these, those, surprise, and decide. We are reading The Trial of Cardigan Jones. We will be discussing why the courts are an important part of government. The vocabulary words are trial, jury, convince, guilty, pointed, honest, murmur, and stand.
The target skills we are working on are conclusions and author’s word choice. We are also focusing on the target strategies infer/predict. For grammar, we are identifying different kinds of sentences: command, exclamation, statement, and questions.
We are testing grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension , and spelling on Friday.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday ELA Tests
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