Mrs. Burland's Bulletin

   January 13th to January 17th

Happy New Year! We have hit the ground running and are working in 2020. Please keep an eye on the assignment notebook. 

The Upcoming Week:

Social Science: We will continue our unit on inheritance and traits. We will also be diving into our Communities Social Studies textbook to begin our unit on culture and immigration. Here's how this unit plays out: We will read a lesson (there are 4), take notes, and then take an open book graded comprehension review. I will model how to find the answers using the book. 

Math:  We will finish unit 4 module 1 on various addition strategies. Then we will begin unit 4, module 2 on reviewing regrouping with subtraction standard algorithm and students will also learn other subtraction strategies. Students will take a divide by 3 test on Thursday, January 16th. They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems. 

Spelling:  Students should complete three activities using the spelling menu.  The test will be on Friday, January 17th.  The activities will also be due on Friday, January 17th.

ELA: This week students will practice identifying the main idea and details of nonfiction text. They will also learn about nonfiction text features and structures.

Students should continue reading 20 min. each night while filling out their January reading log.

Things to Remember:

Thursday 1/16: There will be a divide by 3 test.
Friday 1/17:  There will be a spelling test and 3 activities are due.