Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Book Order Due

Today is the last day to enter your Scholastic book orders on-line! : )

Monday, March 19, 2012

Newsletter 3-19 to 3-22

Reminders:
3/20 – First day of spring
3/21 – PTA meeting 6:30 in library
3/22 – Book order due
3/23 – No school
3/28 – CapCom writing contest entry due


This week’s topics:
·         Writing – We’ll be taking a Venn diagram we completed about animals who have adapted to glow and create an essay using the IBBC format (intro, body, body conclusion)
·         CafĂ© – note taking  
·         Vocabulary – decimal, decimal point, tenth, hundredth, habitat, food chain, web
·         Spelling – r controlled vowels ar, ir, or, ur, er all saying /er/
·         Grammar – adjectives

This week’s topics:
·         Introduction to decimals
·         10th and 100th
·         Comparing and ordering decimals
·         Fact test Wednesday March 21st!!!


          Our NYS animal research got off to a great start!  We’ve learned how to use indexes to make good use of searching both books and encyclopedias.  We’ve also learned the importance of citing our work and giving credit to other authors.  This week we’ll finish our research using the computer lab and the internet.