Wed-Fri Aug 20-22

Another great week for everyone!

Grades will be online over the weekend and all of graded assignments will come home on Monday. Any assignment with mistakes can be corrected and turned back in. Grades that are below a 70% will be corrected in class on Monday or at home Monday night.

Here is what we were up to this week.

Reading/Writing: This week we read the Cactus Hotel. This book goes through the life cycle of a cactus. It also talks about how important Saguaro cactus are to all the animals that live in the desert. They make their homes in living and dead cactus. Student drew a beautiful picture of the desert and use descriptive words to describe their desert scene. We also working on some comprehension questions. Our cookie writing is still going on. We will be editing paragraphs next week on 3 different types of cookies that we have tried.
*** Why is the book called the Cactus Hotel? ***

Math: We are continuing with chapter 1. We are reviewing place value, number grids, tally charts, time, money, and looking through our tool boxes and Student Reference Books. *** What is a glossary used for? ***

Science: This week we talked about what a plant needs to grow. ***What does a plant need to grow? *** We also decided to see if a plant could grow without soil. Student put 4 different kinds of seed into a dish. The soaked them in water for just a minute and poured the water out. Then they sat the seeds over night. Today when the observed them they noticed 3 big differences. *** How were the seeds different? *** We are going to continue watching them and do another project with them next week.

Spelling: Students did not get new spelling words. They will receive words on Wednesday of next week.

Morning Work: Each morning students are completing 2 assignments: Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today. The reading assignment has a short 2 to 3 sentence paragraph and 4 questions to answer about it. The writing assignment either has 4 questions about writing and grammar or over the course of a week the student is asked to organize, write, revise, edit and publish a very short story. On Friday the students were assessed on both of these. Graded tests will come home on Monday.
***What is armor? ***

Reminders:
Book Orders - Order online or turn in orders by Aug 27th
School T-shirts - Orders due Aug 28th
School Pictures - Aug 27th

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Have a wonderful weekend!