“Those who dare to fail miserable can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
Important Information
The “Stuffed” Animal Report and self-assessment are due on Tuesday, April 1st. I am looking forward to learning about everyone’s “stuffed” animals.
Please make sure that your child brings a water bottle to school everyday.
All instruments need to come to school on lesson days and on Tuesday and Friday (band rehearsal days). Please check your student’s email for the current schedule.
Academics
Math: We are learning about fractions. We are focusing on unit fractions, fractions as part of a whole, and representing fractions on a numberline.
ELA: For Unit 5, Week 2 our essential question is “What do good citizens do?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Biography
- Shared Reading: ““Dolores Huerta: Growing Up Strong”
- Anchor Text: “Elizabeth Stanton Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
- Paired Selection: “Susan B. Anthony Takes Action!”
- Ask and Answer Questions
- Captions and Timelines
- Author’s Claim
- Text Structure: Cause and Effect
- Vocabulary Words
- citizenship
- continued
- daring
- horrified
- participate
- proposed
- unfairness
- waver
- Week 2 Spelling Words
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- names
- named
- naming
- hopes
- hoped
- hoping
- dances
- danced
- dancing
- drops
- dropped
- dropping
- wraps
- wrapped
- wrapping
- basketball
- airplane
- birthday
- driving
- traded
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Social Studies: We are learning about taking actions for our rights. We will focus on Susan B. Anthony, Thurgood Marshall, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Religion: This week we are focusing on Martin Luther standing on God’s word and why the reformation was important.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday: Spelling, and Reading Tests
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]