Friday, February 2, 2018

February 2

Religion:  Next week we will be starting to focus on angels and Lent. We will use the Bible to find out how angels have appeared to people for various reasons. We will also start looking at the season of Lent.
Writing: This week we focused on compound sentences with our Mentor Sentence. We presented our fiction stories this week, and started our next unit on functional writing.
Math:  Our next unit will focus on geometry. The vocabulary we will focus on for next week will be angles, symmetry and polyhedrons. The students will be creating different polyhedrons and solid figures.
Spelling: Week 18 Sounds of au & aw / Comparative Endings er, est, most
The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words.  You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.
Science/SS: Students will begin research unit on inventors who have helped contribute to the knowledge of science in our world today.
Comprehension: We are working on determining importance from various pieces. We are asking ourselves why the author wrote each piece.