Week of April 15

     In religion this week we will be learning about the pope and bishops and how they care for the church.

     We will be having our Unit 5 spelling test on Monday.  In our Super-Duper Issue this week students will be learning about hot stuff such as fires, the center of the earth, lava, and lightning.  We will begin working on pattern words with 'oi' and 'oy' in Unit 6 this week.  Students wrote their own weather poems last week and next we will be looking at writing biopoems.

     In Math this week we will be learning about adding 8 to a number, geometric solids (cubes and spheres), adding 3 numbers, and using bills to pay for items.  The time book project is also due this week, Tuesday.

     For Science this week we will be continuing to learn about the parts of a plant.  Last week students worked on identifying the parts of a plant and what plants need in order to live.  They drew pictures to show the parts of a flower.  This week we will be learning more about what each part does for the plant.  In our lab this week we will be trying to create "lightning".

     In Social Studies this week students will be continuing to learn about maps and directions.  We will be playing a game where students need to find hidden pictures on a map using directions to identify where they think the picture is located.  We are also going to be starting to create our 3D model of our community.