Week of March 1-5

MATH
We wrote our 3rd geometry test today, focussing on lines, and quadrilaterals.
Our next unit in Geometry will be exploring perimeter, area, and volume. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we will focus on perimeter, Thursday will be a test on Perimeter. Friday and Monday of next week will be area, then a test will follow Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Then we will finish off volume next week as well.

Timed Test: This week's timed test will be division with 3 as a divisor.

Plato Results: As I posted on the blog last week, I am requesting that all parents send me an e-mail (swillett@amschool.org) to confirm your current (and functioning) e-mail address. I would like to then make a class list of these e-mails and sometime in the next week or so, Plato results for your child will be e-mailed to you. Thank you for your support in this.

SCIENCE
We finished our unit of the Southwest in Social Studies, and so this week we will be starting our next Science unit on The Rainforest. We will start by pulling from our previous knowledge of the rainforest from our last unit of Weather, when we talked about the climate zones. This week we will be looking at characteristics of the rainforest including the temperature, climate, and different layers. Monday of next week will be a quiz on these concepts. Please check the blog this week for any changes.
I have also added a GREAT website under the Science links at the side of our blog for more information and study of these concepts at home.


LITERACY

Read Aloud

The Dot, by Peter H. Reynolds, focus on making connections.
Read Aloud for fun!!!! Math Curse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
A Rain Forest Food Chain, by Rebecca Hogue and Donald Wojahn, focus on reading features of non fiction text ( table of contents, glossary, and index) and information resources ( maps, diagrams, and captions)

Shared Reading
Welcome to the Jungle, focus on identifying the main idea and supporting details

Interactive Editing
Welcome to the Jungle

Interactive Writing
Continue to write samples for our Father's Day gift.

Independent Writing
Students will be hard at work writing for the gift they are preparing for dad! Lots of writing and creativity are involved!

Students will also participate in the following: Independent Reading, Centers, Book Clubs, and Guided Reading Groups.