Friday, February 9, 2018

February 9

Religion:  We will continue our focus on Lent next week. The kids will be able to participate at Mass on Ash Wednesday. Our Valentine's Day party will be on Tuesday instead of February 14. Also, after our break, the students will be starting a project on the Stations of the Cross.
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:  Unit 6 will be coming to an end on Wednesday, February 14 with our test. After conferences we will be starting Unit 7 which focuses on multiplication and division.
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 work on creating a Lapbook about their inventor. They will also create a short video clip about some of the important information about him/her.
Comprehension: We are working on determining importance from various pieces. We are asking ourselves why the author wrote each piece.