Monday, December 8, 2014

Class info Dec 8

Math

Continued work adding and subtracting fractions, some of the subtraction requiring borrowing

Language Arts

Still reading expository text.  We have finished learning about the special features of expository text and are now talking about developing our questioning skills when we read.

This week's reading log needs to incorporate at least one expository text.  In the comments section, I'd like students to write down any questions they had about their respective books, fiction or non-fiction

I assigned pages 67, 69, 70, 71.  The vocabulary words for vocabulary boxes are on page 67 and the spelling test words are on page 71 using the re-, un-, and non- prefixes.

Congrats to our spelling champions...

1st place Taline Hagopian

2nd place Ryan Ago

3rd place (and very worthy runner up) David Khourdajian

Don't forget the newspaper assignment due Friday that was detailed in my last post

Science

Studying the human body, we just completed an overview of the organ systems in the body.  This week we should start learning about the digestive system in detail.

Other news

This week, participate in the "hour of code".  This is a big nationwide event designed to interest children in coding, or computer programming.  This is where many high paying jobs are currently, and many more will be in the future.  Check out www.code.org if you're interested - it's lots of fun and designed for kids.

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