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Weekly Objectives January 14-18

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We have our first field trip this week!  We will be visiting the governor’s residence, Drumthwacket.  Last week we learned the history behind the property and this week we will learn more about the actually building and the etiquette we must use when we visit a formal, historic building.  Remember to check in tomorrow to see our class calling card. 

This week we are beginning our new Literature Circle novels.  Now that our latest benchmark assessments are done, I was able to adjust our reading levels and choose books that were interesting and challenging for everyone to work with.  I am excited we have some great books we are working with!  If you have any questions about the explanation letter I sent home in regards to your child’s reading progress or reading level, please feel free to email me or call the school and leave a message.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.

This weeks learning objectives are listed below:

Reading: We will be continuing to work with comparing and contrasting this week.  Our main focus will be on comparing and contrasting 2 versions of the same story using fairy tales and fractured fairy tales.  Fractured fairy tales are stories that follow the same basic idea of the fairy tale but add in a twist (for example it is told from a different point of view, has an alternate ending, or the characters or setting are altered). 

Writing:    This week we are publishing our second portfolio pieces.  We will be putting the finishing touches on our revisions and typing them.

Vocabulary: Our words this week use the suffixes -ment, -tion, -ly, -ic.  Please see the Vocabulary page for a list of words and their definitions.  Remember, you need to study teh definitions for the test.  You are tested on the word’s meaning more than its spelling (there is a word bank to help you spell them correctly).

Grammar:   We will be working with conjunctions this week.  Conjunctions are words that join two or more thoughts together.  These words are and, but, and or. 

Math:   We are wrapping up Topic 8 this week with a Test on Thursday.  Look for review homework on Tuesday and Wednesday.  For the test I am encouraging students to use the method that works best for them.  Either the “window”, place value chart or the traditional method of 2 by 2 digit multiplication (the way we learned). 

Social Studies:  We will be wrapping up our Drumthwacket unit this week with our trip.  Prior to going we will create our class calling card (a historical etiquette protocol) and review our states geography.

Science: We are teaming up with a class in North Jersey to study hurricanes and their effect on our environment.  We will be studying how hurricanes are formed, when they are most likely to strike, and how they are related to other storms such as tornadoes and monsoons.  We will be using edmodo to help us communicate with the other class to share our research.

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