Week of December 10th

Important Dates:

December 3rd-15th-Giving Tree

December 19th-Spirit Wear/Fresh Fruit Wednesday

December 20th & 21st-Early Release

December 24th-January 4-No School/Holiday Break

Grammar: We will be learning about plural possessive nouns. To make a singular noun possessive, add an apostrophe and an "s." This applies to plural nouns that do not end with an "s", like children - children's and men - men's. When making plural possessive nouns, add only an apostrophe if the noun ends with an "s", like buses' and countries'.

Spelling: We will continue working on words that open and closed syllables. An open syllable occurs when a vowel is at the end of the syllable, resulting in the long vowel sound, e.g. pa/per, e/ven, o/pen, go & we. ... Whereas a closed syllable occurs when a syllable ends with a consonant, resulting in a short vowel sound, e.g., cat, sit, got & wet. You can practice at home by giving your student phrases and sentences to practice. You say the sentence, have the student repeat, then pound their hand for each word they hear as they repeat with you again, then have them write. Check for capital at the beginning of the sentence, stretch the words, space the words, and punctuation at the end. Green Words: banjo, raven, omit, bison, hotel, humid, tempo, mango, evil, iris, student, jumbo, potent, basic, bogus. Red Words: give, walk, them, know, once

Reading: We will be working on the 5 W's + H during Reading. 5 W's + H (who, what, where, when, why, how) is a method of asking questions about a process or a problem taken up for improvement. Four of the W’s (who, what, where, when) and the one H is used to comprehend for details, analyze inferences and judgment to get to the fundamental facts and guide statements to get to the abstraction. The last W (why) is often asked five times so that one can drill down to get to the core of a problem.

Writing: This 9 weeks we will focus of informational writing. Informational writing is a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Many examples of informational writing can be found in newspapers, almanacs, and reference books. Informational text is often organized so the reader can easily and quickly find information. This week will be working on an informational writing and the students will be writing about How to Catch Santa.

Math: We will be focusing on time and learning about clocks. We will be focusing on time to the hour, 1/2 hour, and 5 minutes. Please practice at home using an analog clock.

Science: This week will be learning about Stars. We will learn about the size and the brightness of Stars.

hat takes place when two objects interact. It is the

basic cause of motion from rest. The students will work in groups to create an arcade game that includes a push and a pull, motion, and force.