October 3

Exhibition: This week the students will be given their topic on Monday (look for the permission slip coming home). Please sign and return these permission slips to return on Tuesday. We will be developing our Central Idea under How We Express Ourselves, develop our lines of inquiry, and review researching skills in order to get started!  

Math: We will have a quiz on Wednesday on multiplying and dividing of whole numbers

Beginning on Thursday: Multiplication of decimals and whole numbers (We will be going back to the orange Go Math books lessons 3.1 and 3.2)

Multiplication/division skills with problem solving

à If your child does not have their multiplication facts memorized please help them memorize them. All the concepts we learn become a lot more difficult if they do not have them memorized and can recall them quickly.
Problem solving quiz Friday

Reading: Plagiarism, text features, and Revolutionary War nonfiction book club starts on Monday

Grammar: Singular and Possessive Nouns

Spelling test this Friday

Quizlet test on Friday
Text Features quiz on Friday (We will begin learning the different types of text features on Monday)
Quizlet: Quizlet for this week

Science:  Natural Resources

• -       renewable vs. nonrenewable resources
• -       how those resources are used by people today
• -       creation and use of fossil fuels

Science Study Jams  *Scroll to the Energy, Light, and Sound section.  Watch these 3: Fossil Fuels, Natural Resources, Renewable Fuels.

Social Studies: French and Indian War and Causes of the Revolutionary War

**At end of the week ask your child what their perspective is on the French and Indian War!