October 19

*If your child has any re-do assignments to complete, please remind your child to have them turned in by this Friday!

*Next Monday, the 26th, we will kick off our amazing Fundraiser to help raise money to renovate our Spark Park Playground! The students will participate on a Fun Run on November 6th. Students will try to find sponsors for their Fun Run efforts. Your child can register online at https://funrun.com/a/s/yO3CQDvV or try www.funrun.com each child's student code for registering is 558259.
Our school wide goal is to raise $55,000...together we can do it!

Here are this week's objectives:

Math: Dividing Decimals.

Unit test on Multiplication and Division of Decimals on Tuesday

Starting on Wednesday- addition and subtraction of fractions with different denominators. Here are some great videos for review of that objective:
Visual Model of Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Adding and Subtracting Fractions Math Antics

Reading: Historical Fiction

-Plot structure and types of Conflicts

-Past and present tense verbs

Wordly Wise and Spelling tests this week!  

Science: Forms of Energy unit.

-Mechanical, Electricity, Electromagnetic (Light), Thermal, Sound, Chemical, and Nuclear

REMEMBER!!! Energy doesn't go anywhere...it just takes different forms!

What is Energy?

Social Studies: Causes of the American Revolution

Exhibition: This week our wonderful University of Houston Mentors start with us! The kids will continue to conduct research on their topics.