January 19, 2015

We are continuing to work on area and perimeter in class. It will be helpful as we continue through this unit if students continue to practice their multiplication facts at home, we practice them daily through Kick It and have a timed test on Friday. Each student practices and takes their Kick It timed test at the current belt level they are on.

Matter continues to be our topic in Science. Last week we did an experiment with PopRocks, balloons, Diet Coke, Sprite and water. Please ask your child how we did it and what happened. We are working on another matter assignment using technology to make a pie chart to graph the results of observations. In the classroom we are going to begin putting together a Google Slide show about matter to demonstrate our understanding. 

In ELA we will be revisiting Main Idea and details through several expository texts. On Tuesday we read Martin's Big Words, a story about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We completed a graphic organizer together which detailed the topic, main idea and the details that supported the main idea. We also watched a portion of a video of his "I have a dream" speech and we were able to make some connections with the chapter biography book we are reading Who Was Abraham Lincoln. This Friday (1/22) we will have the spelling test and the vocabulary text will be next Thursday (1/28).

Reminders:

• Report cards will come home on Friday.
• Reading logs are due every Friday and will no longer be accepted after that date.
• Current events for this quarter are due by March 11. A new copy of the current event form will come home this Friday in Friday folders. 

Enjoy the week and stay warm!