News to Know
- Courtney is this week's snack helper. Quinn will be next week's helper. I will have the new schedule up next week.
- I will be sending out information about the book for the next unit sometime near the end of this week. I have narrowed it down to two books and need a couple more days to decide.
- Lunch menus for February are due this week.
- If your child does not have a laptop, or his/her laptop is broken, please have it fixed soon. We are going to be working on our blogs and Power Point presentations in the coming weeks.
Language Arts
We will continue reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond. On Wednesday, we will research Puritan pastimes and try our hands at shucking corn. We will wrap up verbs this week and take a short quiz on Friday. We will also continue writing our narratives.
Math
This week we will begin our topic on geometry. We will be discussing solid figures, shapes, lines, line segments, and angles. I am encouraging students to look for examples of geometry in their daily lives. On Wednesday, students will be asked to bring in an example of a particular solid. I will give them more information tomorrow.
Science
We will be wrapping up our discussion on the way different forces shape the earth this week. We will experiment with landslides and asteroids. We will take a short quiz on Thursday.
