Week of March 24

Parents and family members,

This week we have had an awesome and productive week this week. The kids worked really hard and I am so proud of them, I'm sure it's reflected in the grades they brought home today. Please check folders for graded papers and permission slips for the field trip that will be taking place this coming Friday (March 29th). I will be contacting parents who volunteered to chaperone. Thank you so much!! There will be 2 chaperones on the bus and others will have to drive themselves. Remember, if you are chaperoning you will be responsible for 2-3 children other than your own. We will begin loading the buses at 9:15 and will arrive at the museum by 10. We will tour the museum first and then have lunch from 11:30-12. At 12:45, we will load the buses to return to school by 1:30. I am so excited and so are the kids. If your student is bringing a lunch from home, please send it to school in a disposable bag with their name and teacher name written on it. I am asking that they wear a LCE t-shirt, so that they can easily be identified. They will also have a wristband on with identifying information on it for safety precautions. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Reading

Focus: main idea and details, poetry, and figurative language 
Review: theme, sequence, idioms, compare and contrast, homophones

Penguin Chicks Test on Thursday, March 28th
Vocabulary: fierce, echoes, shuffles, huddle, down, down, junior

Use these skills and key words for these skills during writing.
We will continue practicing on writing this week as well as text structures. There are 6 of text structures and they have a chart glued into their reading notebooks of them.

 Math

From this ......

         to this

Module 4 
   Module 4, Topic B Newsletter
Module 4, Topic C Newsletter
Quiz on lessons 5-11 on Thursday, March 28th
Module 4, Topic D Newsletter
Module 4 Test on Wednesday, April 3rd

Students will be working on area and perimeter. Please make sure to refer to notebooks and problem set/homework sheets. This will give the students the most bang for their buck for preparation of the test. We will also be working on fractions during our morning work time.

 Science

Continue working on fast and slow land changes through weathering, erosion, and deposition. Some of the key words that will be included are: deposition, erosion, earthquake, glacier, landforms, landslide,  sand dunes, floods, droughts, volcano, and weathering.

Social Studies

Government - why laws are important, Bill of Rights, 3 Branches of Government, and SC Government

Week of March 18

Good afternoon parents,

I hope everyone had an awesome break! We are coming back ready to work on full blast. This week we are working on a new story, "Penguin Chick".  Also, the students brought home permission slips on Friday. Please be sure to get them signed and returned as soon as possible. They also have a study buddy in their notebooks for the social studies test.

Reading

Focus: main idea and details, theme, sequence, idioms, compare and contrast, homophones

Penguin Chicks Test on Tuesday, March 26th
Vocabulary: fierce, echoes, shuffles, huddle, down, down, junior

Use these skills and key words for these skills during writing.
We will continue practicing on writing this week as well as text structures. There are 6 of text structures and they have a chart glued into their reading notebooks of them.

Text Structures Quick check on Thursday, March 21st along with the reading test.

Our guest speaker, Ms. Angel Brown (Literacy Coach) teaching about writing a thesis in persuasive writing.

       Math

From this ......

         to this

Module 4 
   Module 4, Topic A Newsletter
Quiz on lessons 1-4 on Wednesday, March 20th

Math 4 Today

Please also pay attention to the Math 4 Today sheets in your child's math notebooks. We have been working on them since the beginning of the year. This quarter they are being counted as classwork grades, next quarter they will be counted as quiz grades. 

We are doing a review of time but leaning more towards elapsed time. Please continue to work on standard form, word form, expanded form, comparing numbers. 

In the following pictures, the students are working in pairs on perimeter and area. I am also working on  fractions with the shapes.

 Science

We are going to begin the unit on fast and slow land changes through weathering, erosion, and deposition. Some of the key words that will be included are: deposition, erosion, earthquake, glacier, landforms, landslide, plates, sand dunes, floods, droughts, volcano, and weathering.

Social Studies

Reading "I Survived The American Revolution" in class. I will finish this by Friday. We have ventured off a little from taking notes because the kids have gotten so interested in the book.

Part II
Terms to Know (include the ones from Part I as well- Causes of the American Revolution):
Constitution, 2nd Continental Congress, Battle of Sullivan's Island, Blockade of Charles Town, Battle of King's Mountain and Cowpens, Battle of Eutaw Springs, Andrew Pickens, Thomas Sumter, Francis Marion, WIlliam Jasper,Kate Barry, Emily Geiger, Rebecca Motte, Patriot, Loyalist


Unit Test Date - Thursday, March 21st
American Revolution Study Buddy
American Revolution Box-It
American Revolution Study Stack