Hello! Here is the news for our class this week.
Math - We are continuing our study of geometry, focusing this week on triangles, quadrangles, polygons, and drawing and measuring angles.
Homework
-6.3 due Monday, Jan. 12
- 6.4 due Tuesday
- 6.5 due Wednesday
- 6.6 due Thursday
- 6.7 due Friday
- 6.8 due Tuesday, Jan. 20
We are also sending home a few word problems for students to complete as part of their 90 minutes of math this week. Students should return the completed problems to school in their orange folders by next Tuesday, Jan. 21.
This week students should review their times 4 multiplication facts. We will have a quiz next Tuesday on just these facts. In addition to completing the review packet as part of their 90 minutes of required math activity, the kiddos can practice with flash cards, and play multiplication math games.
Reading - As we begin to wrap up our non-fiction reading unit, our reading workshop will begin to coincide with social studies, as we synthesize all of the information we have learned from our study of various Native American tribes. We will work to strengthen our understanding of how Native Americans lived across the United States, similarly and differently, based on all that we have read over the course of this unit. For homework, students should read about 4 nights a week, for a total of 2 hours per week. The children will continue to bring home "just-right" non-fiction books that they can log as part of their 120 minutes of weekly reading. They should log their "just right" reading each day in their reading logs and calculate and log the total number of pages and minutes read at the end of the week. Students are also encouraged to log any additional "free reading" they do at home, as well.
Writing - We are continuing to revise our writing by including transition words and phrases within our pieces, and organizing information into paragraphs. By the end of the week we will begin to wrap up our revision, and begin editing our pieces. For homework: Imagine that your bedtime during the week is too early! Write at least one page in your writing notebook about how it is too early (exactly what time do you have to go bed?), and why you think it's too early. Does your favorite TV show come on after your bedtime? Is the sun still shining outside when you go to bed? It is your job this week to persuade (prove to) your reader that you deserve a later bed time!
We are looking forward to a wonderful week!
Math - We are continuing our study of geometry, focusing this week on triangles, quadrangles, polygons, and drawing and measuring angles.
Homework
-6.3 due Monday, Jan. 12
- 6.4 due Tuesday
- 6.5 due Wednesday
- 6.6 due Thursday
- 6.7 due Friday
- 6.8 due Tuesday, Jan. 20
We are also sending home a few word problems for students to complete as part of their 90 minutes of math this week. Students should return the completed problems to school in their orange folders by next Tuesday, Jan. 21.
This week students should review their times 4 multiplication facts. We will have a quiz next Tuesday on just these facts. In addition to completing the review packet as part of their 90 minutes of required math activity, the kiddos can practice with flash cards, and play multiplication math games.
Reading - As we begin to wrap up our non-fiction reading unit, our reading workshop will begin to coincide with social studies, as we synthesize all of the information we have learned from our study of various Native American tribes. We will work to strengthen our understanding of how Native Americans lived across the United States, similarly and differently, based on all that we have read over the course of this unit. For homework, students should read about 4 nights a week, for a total of 2 hours per week. The children will continue to bring home "just-right" non-fiction books that they can log as part of their 120 minutes of weekly reading. They should log their "just right" reading each day in their reading logs and calculate and log the total number of pages and minutes read at the end of the week. Students are also encouraged to log any additional "free reading" they do at home, as well.
Writing - We are continuing to revise our writing by including transition words and phrases within our pieces, and organizing information into paragraphs. By the end of the week we will begin to wrap up our revision, and begin editing our pieces. For homework: Imagine that your bedtime during the week is too early! Write at least one page in your writing notebook about how it is too early (exactly what time do you have to go bed?), and why you think it's too early. Does your favorite TV show come on after your bedtime? Is the sun still shining outside when you go to bed? It is your job this week to persuade (prove to) your reader that you deserve a later bed time!
We are looking forward to a wonderful week!