Monday, May 12, 2014

A Sneak Peek At Our Week ...

Word Work:  Affixes and roots students will explore this week are: a/an, dec, derma, photo, port, struct

Reading:  Students will have their final literature circle this week for their biography book.  A biography assessment will take place on Wednesday.  Then, we will begin our final Perspectives reading unit.  Lessons on Thursday and Friday this week will focus on differentiating between third person limited and third person omniscient point of view.

Writing:  We will take the week to finish revising and editing students' realistic fiction stories.  They will begin publishing them next week!

Math:  Lessons 9.4-9.7 will be instructed this week.  A review guide will be passed out in the beginning of the week and we will have a Unit 9 review day on Friday.  The Unit 9 test will be Monday!

Science & Social Studies:  Early this week we will finish exploring different sound concepts.  A quiz will take place on Wednesday.  A study guide for the unit will be passed out on Tuesday!   Students can use their science notebooks, passed back items, and their Sound text to help them review.  With science ending this week, students will begin the final unit in social studies towards the end of the week.  More information about the unit can be found on the Social Studies page of the 3GW!

Important Dates & Information:

  • 5/13: Storyteller Oba Williams will be performing at Skinner North tomorrow!
  • 5/14: Q4 Famous Chicagoan essay due (rubrics, due dates, and information can be found on the Quarter 4 Project page of the 3GW!)
  • 5/14: Progress Report signature due
  • BINGO #3 Due: 6/2

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