What We Are Learning
Reading:
Hill: Our class is currently reading "Sign of the Beaver". It is a story about a young boy in 1760s America. He must stay behind and protect the family homestead while his father goes and gets the family and brings them through the wilderness. It is a difficult time for Matt. He has many adventures and befriends an Indian tribe that help him survive.
Following this book, we will work on some reading skills such as similes, metaphors and idioms before we start our next novel.
Spelling - Our Spelling Units will be a variety of exercises based on vowel sounds, suffixes, plurals and other spelling patterns. The units will be assigned on Mondays and will be due on Thursdays. Unit 1 will be: Lesson 1 - short a; Lesson 2 - long a; Lesson 3 - short e; Lesson 4 - "eh" sound; Lesson 5 Geography Words.
Language Arts: In L.A., we are completing Dictionary Skills. Next we will begin studying the four (4) types of sentences and Simple/Compound Subjects and Predicates.
Math: In Math we are studying Place Value, Ordering and Comparing Whole Numbers and Decimals, and Adding/Subtracting Decimal Fractions.
SS: In SS we are studying U.S. Government followed by the Civil War.
Science: Ms. Barker's first unit will be the "Earth's Changing Structure". We will study surface features caused by constructive and destructive forces, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains.
