Religion: When we come back from break we will do an activity with The 12 Days of Christmas. This will lead us up to the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord for the following week. 
Writing: We have been working on creating paragraphs in writing. We have talked about using a topic sentence as well as supporting sentences. After break we will start a unit on writing fiction.
Math: Unit 5 focuses on place value with larger numbers and decimals. We will continue with this unit after break. They will also be getting into decimals and parts of a whole.
Spelling: No Spelling Next Week - They will get their new words on Friday, January 4th.
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: We will continue our unit on forces, motion, and simple machines. The kids will participating in many hands on activities throughout the unit! The screw and the wedge will be focused on after we come back from Christmas Break.
Comprehension: This week we worked on making inferences. The students have been told to act like detectives while they read and look for clues. After break we will start a class book called Stone Fox.