WEEK OF APRIL 26- APRIL 30

CLASSROOM CHATTER:
THE CLASS WILL BE WRITING PEN PAL LETTERS TO A SECOND GRADE CLASS THIS WEEK. THEY WILL ENJOY TELLING THE NEW CLASS OF STUDENTS WHAT FUN PRAIRIEVIEW IS. THIS WILL ALSO REINFORCE THEIR LETTER WRITING SKILLS.


SPELLING:
L.29 PREFIX-UN PRETEST IS ON MONDAY


ENGLISH:
WE WILL BE ENDING OUR UNIT 6 ON PRONOUNS THIS WEEK. WE WILL REVIEW HOMOPHONES AND THEN HAVE OUR CHAPTER TEST ON TUESDAY.


READING:
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR MONITOR AND QUESTION CONCEPTS. THE STUDENTS ARE COMPLETING THEIR POETRY BOOKS THIS WEEK. THEY ARE VERY CREATIVE AND HAVE BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. THEY ARE A CLASS OF POETS!


SOCIAL STUDIES:
WE WILL BE COMPLETING OUR EGYPT UNIT THIS WEEK. A VOCABULARY QUIZ IS ON MONDAY. OUR UNIT TEST WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK. THEY HAVE STUDY GUIDES FOR BOTH. WE WILL END OUR UNIT BY WATCHING THE PRINCE OF EGYPT.


SCIENCE:
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR UNIT ON ENERGY.


MATH:
THIS WEEK WE WILL LEARN HOW TO SUBTRACT FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS, ADD AND SUBTRACT FRACTIONS WITH UNLIKE DENOMINATORS AND PRACTICE FRACTION PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS. THE STUDENTS NEED TO PRACTICE THESE SKILLS TO REINFORCE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED.