Week of January 10 – January 14

This Week’s Objectives:

Reading: Students will continue to work on determining the three most important details from sub-sections of non-fiction text. We will use the three support details to create a main idea for each subsection. Students will combine each main idea in order to create summary. We will also review that a summary gives the reader insight into what the text is about. It should not include specific details. A quiz on non-fiction summary will be given on Friday for a daily grade.

Science: Students will continue learning about the properties of matter and explore density through an in class lab. We will continue practicing the scientific process with our in class science fair model. Remember to keep up with your science fair timeline!

Social Studies:  Students will be studying the Texas Revolution. They will be completing a project of their choice that covers events, people, or causes and effects of the Revolution. Project possibilities will be chosen from a menu provided for them.

Writing: Students will transform their pre-writing on a “Special Memory” into a full composition that includes a catchy introduction, or lead, and a well thought out conclusion. They will publish and present papers by Friday. The “Special Memory” papers will be recorded for a grade.

Math: There will be a fraction naming and recognizing quiz on Monday. Students will continue learning Fraction concepts such as, describing fraction parts of a set or whole object and generating equivalent fractions using pictorial models. We will also begin working on mixed numbers and comparing and ordering fractions.