Happy Holidays!
I hope you all enjoy your time with family and friends over Winter Break. It is difficult to believe that "just around the corner" is the start of 2013! I will see you in the new year!
Subject Update:
- Spelling - The Lesson 14 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday. *Students may only print up to 5 words on the tests "just in case" they are unsure of their cursive! Please continue to review cursive at home!!
- English - The students will finish up their paragraph writing, focusing on ideas and sentence fluency. Then we will begin our next grammar unit on pronouns.
- Reading - We will begin a unit on figurative language using poetry. We will focus on similes, metaphors, and imagery during the first week of the unit. 2nd Quarter Reading Project - The next reading project will not be announced until this quarter officially ends in January.
- Science - We will begin Chapter 14: Properties of Matter. We will identify some physical properties of matter, learn about atoms and molecules, and understand the differences between the three states of matter.
- Social Studies - The students will begin Chapter 7: The Fight for a Continent. In Lesson 1, we will learn how New Spain expanded by establishing colonies in Florida and New Mexico.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will start Chapter 5 on integers when we return. The students will learn about integers and their opposites, understand absolute value, and compare and order integers.
Mark Your Calendar:
Dec. 22 - Jan. 6 - WINTER BREAK
Jan. 8 - MAP Testing (Math)
Jan. 9 - Too Good For Drugs (Session 2)
Jan. 10 - MAP Testing (Reading)
