Academic Calendar and Connections for the week of October 30

Friday

Math

Lesson 14:  unit conversions, beginning with small units, and converting to a larger unit, thus we will need fewer of the larger unit to measure the same distance, weight, or time.  Once the conversion factor is known, divide.

Thursday

Math:  Lesson 13:  Unit conversions of time, weight, and distance using the Metric and Am. Standard systems. HW Lesson 13

Reading/Writing:  Small moment stories;  Spinelli and Hagstrom mentor texts for description details and character development modeling; Dissecting writing for character development information.  Sustained writing period


Wednesday, November 1

Students had an extra music class to prepare for the Veteran's Day assembly

Math: Lesson 12 HW, 1 page only, beginning on question no. 2, Decimal multiplication in word problems.

Science:  Gathering and analyzing class growth data of our experimental plants, part 1. Review of scientific method steps

Spelling test 1

Tuesday, Oct. 31

No math homework today! The spelling packet given last Wed. is due and there's a spelling test Wednesday.  Some students have personalized lists and will provide me sheets with the words used in sentences and definitions. They'll have personalized spelling tests as well.

Writing:  We're writing about small moments within the Personal Narrative unit.

Monday

Students created a table of their plant's growth from their science journal observations.  Then they wrote a paragraph summarizing their control and experimental plants' growth.  Finally they compared this to the expected growth of the plant.