Week of January 14

     Monday will be our spelling test for unit 8.  Spelling homework is also due on Monday.  We will also be having a reading test on units 7 and 8 on Tuesday.  The test will cover the pattern and memory words from units 7 and 8, reading a story and answering comprehension questions, and a writing part.

     This week in religion we will be talking about ways we can become better followers of Jesus.  We will also talk about ways that Jesus shows his love for us.

     In reading this week the students will learn about writing sentences about a main idea as well as look at how to plan out a story character and the setting of stories.  We will also be continuing to work on decoding short and long vowel words.  In unit 9 we will add CVVC (consonant, vowel, vowel, consonant) words.  The students have already learned about nouns and verbs, now we will also talk about adjectives as well as review nouns and verbs.

     In math this week students will be using rulers to draw line segments.  We will also begin talking about adding 2 digit numbers using dimes and pennies.

     In science we are going to be talking about forces.  We will also work on measuring how far objects move when we put a force on them such as pushing them.  Our science lab will be dealing with this concept also.  Students will be painting their race cars on Monday and then during our science lab we will race the cars that we painted with and without using a ramp and discuss the results. 

     We are also going to be starting our Penguin theme unit.  During the unit students will be able to compare their height to the heights of different types of penguins, compare and contrast penguins to other birds, look at where penguins live, as well as do a blubber experiment to find out how penguins, as well as some other animals, stay warm in the cold.