April 16 - 20

As I look ahead through the week, I am noticing a fairly "uneventful" week!!
Here's what we have planned:

Reading
We will begin Theme 12, Explorers in Space, today. Our reading strategy focus for this theme is classifying and categorizing information. Small groups will meet this week as we continue to read books and novels at students' individual reading levels.

Continue having your child read at home and mark it on the reading log. The Reading Logs will go home in Monday folders every week, and are expected to be turned in by Tuesday of the following week.

Spelling
The Rigby pattern this week are the prefixes non-, in-, and dis-. All three of these prefixes mean "not".  The Rigby words are insane, distrust, nonprofit, discover, around, disappear, color, dislike, nonfat, indifferent, disorder, nonliving, invisible, independent & dishonor.
The Extension list this week is hyper-, which means "over, beyond, or high."  The extension words are hypersensitive, hyperventilate, hyperglycemia, hyperextend, hypertension, hyperactive, hypercritical, hyperbole, hyperthyroidism, hyperthermia

Writing
We have been writing persuasive paragraphs. The students are also writing poetry to coincide with April being Poetry Month.

Math
We are continuing to learn more about fractions in Topic 10. This week we will be learning how to compare different fractions.

Science
We will be finishing up matter this week and also learn about ecosystems.

Science Fair Project Due Dates for the week:
Friday, April 20-- your child's Topic and Problem Statement are due!!

Please let me know if you have any questions!
Have a super week!!