Miss Pellin's Post
January 5th to January 9th

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! School will resume on  Monday, January 5th.  

Our class will take the reading MAPs testing on January 8th and the math MAPs test on January 13th.  Please talk to your child about trying their best! Also make sure they eat a good breakfast and get plenty of sleep.  Thank you!

The class had a great time at the Tivoli!  

The Eighteenth Week at School:

Science: We will begin the study of matter in chapter 11.  

Social Studies: We will begin the study of chapter 3 on customs and immigration.  Also, we will be celebrating Culture Day on Wednesday, January 21st and Thursday, January 22nd.  Each student should be prepared to share something about his or her cultural heritage with the class.  Please take a look at the Culture Day packet which will be sent home on Wednesday, January 7th.  The Culture Day planning sheet which will also be sent home on Wednesday and will be due on Monday, January 12th.  

Math:  We will begin topic 6 on multiplication.  This chapter focuses on multiply by 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.  

Now that we are done with addition and subtraction timed tests, we will move on to multiplication.  Students will start with multiplication by 2's.  They will have 3 minutes to complete 24 problems.  Students will have 5 days to pass each multiplication test which they will take daily.  If they pass in less than 5 days then they will move on to a new fact.  Students should be practicing their facts every night.  

Spelling:

There will not be spelling this week.  Instead we will study prefixes, root words, and suffixes.  

Reading: We will continue our unit on traditions.  This week students will read The Keeping Quilt and discuss the traditions in the story. Students will also receive a weekly words list.  They will be tested on the weekly words on Friday, January 9th.  December Reading Logs will be due on Monday, January 5th.  

English: Students will be writing about their New Year's resolution.  

Things to Remember:

Monday 1/5:  December Reading Logs are due.

Friday 1/9:  There will be a weekly words quiz. 

Monday 1/12:  The Cultural Day Planning Sheet is due.