Friday, December 8, 2017

Mrs. Burland's Bulletin
 December 11th- December 15th


The class is looking forward to attending Wonder on Tuesday, December 19th. If you have not already, please send in your child's permission slip.

They are also excited to go bowling on Wednesday, December 20th

The students had so much fun performing their myth reader's theater. I was so proud of their hard work! You can find pictures below. 

    

The Upcoming Week of School:


Social Science: We have completed three mysteries in our unit, The World of Weather! This week students will complete mystery 4 titled, How can you keep a house from blowing away in a windstorm? Look for a study guide to come home this week. Students will take The World of Weather test in the week of December 18th.

Math:  Students will take their Unit 3 Test on Tuesday, December 12th. There study guide is due on Monday, December 11th. Then we will begin Unit 4, Module 1 on place value and rounding. Students will also take a divide by 3 division test on Wednesday, December 13th. The division tests look very similar to the multiplication tests. Students will have two minutes to complete 26 problems and it will be worth 10 points. 

Spelling: Spelling will resume after winter break. We will not have spelling this week.


ELA:  We will continue our second reading unit titled, Culture and Traditions. Students will take a vocabulary quiz on The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. They received a list of vocabulary list today, 12/8/17. The quiz will be on Thursday, December 14th. The Keeping Quilt refers to many of Patricia Polacco's family traditions. Each student will write a narrative about one of their family's traditions. They will also read good fit articles and books during our Daily 4 stations. We will continue the study of verbs as well. 


Students should continue reading 20 min. each night and fill out their new December reading logs.





Things to Remember:
Monday 12/11: The  unit 3 math study guide is due.
Tuesday 12/12: There will be a unit 3 math test.
Wednesday 12/13: There will be a divide by 3 test.

Thursday 12/14: There will be a vocabulary quiz.

Tuesday 12/19: We will go see Wonder.
Wednesday 12/20: Students will go bowling.
Friday 12/22: Winter Break starts today.