Please remember that there is no school for students this Friday. Here's what we are up to this week of 10-24-11:
In Word Work, we will finish GUM Book Unit 1 and take a test to see what students learned.
In literature study, we will be discussing story structure (problem, rising action, climax, and resolution.) We will start reading The Day the Fifth Grade Disappeared by Terri Fields.
In writing workshop, we will work on writing expository paragraphs in order to prepare for writing expository essays. For now, we will concentrate on developing one paragraph using linking phrases and precise language related to the topic.
This week in math, students will identify, compare, and analyze attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes and develop vocabulary to describe attributes. They will classify two- and three-dimensional shapes according to their properties. Finally, they will predict the results of composing or decomposing shapes or figures.
In science this week, students will think about how a city and its parts can be an analogy for a cell and its organelles. Then they will continue this kind of thinking for their homework assignment. Later in the week, students will meet in groups and plan their materials needed in order to make an edible cell next week.
Have a great week!
