The students will continue with Chapter 15 learning about how to live out the Fourth Commandment.  The test on Chapter 15 will be Thursday, 2-9.  Then in Chapter 16, the students will learn what it means to live the Fifth Commandment by respecting all human life.

 MATH

The students will continue working with division this week.  They will learn to interpret remainders, regroup to find two digit quotients, and estimate quotients.  The test on Chapter 8 will be the week of 2-13.

 READING

We will review on Monday for the Because of Winn Dixie test and the test will be on Tuesday 2-7.  Next we will be working on our Underground Railroad Unit for Black History Month. 

 LANGUAGE ARTS

The students will continue to work on their poetry unit.  I continue to remind the students that they should be completing their final poem at home whether it is going to be handwritten or word processed.  The due date on the poetry book is Wednesday, 2-22.  The poetry presentation is on Thursday, 2-23 at 2PM. 

 SCIENCE

We will be review on Wednesday and Thursday for the Chapter 13 test, and the test will be on Friday, 2-10.  In Chapter 14, the students will be learning about light and heat.  They will learn how light behaves, how heat can be transferred and how is heat produced and used.

SOCIAL STUDIES – test tomorrow

MATH – pg. 209-  #9-18

SCIENCE – finish lab worksheet if not completed in class.

Social Studies- the test is moved to Thursday. We are reviewing in class tomorrow and Wednesday.

No written homework tonight.  If your child had band today they might have unfinished classwork in Social Studies or poetry.

SOCIAL STUDIES – workbook pg. 66 and finish review

We will begin Chapter 15 where the students will learn that the Fourth Commandment teaches us to respect and honor our parents, guardians, and all people in authority.

READING

We will continue reading the novel, Because of Winn Dixie.  The students will  continue to respond to blogs on the internet and working on specific skills associated with the novel.  The test will be the week of 2-6.

MATH

The students will begin learning division in Chapter 8.  They will learn how to regroup in division, find two digit quotients with and without remainders, determine what to do with remainders, and estimate quotients.  The test on Chapter 8 will be the week of 2-6.

LANGUAGE ARTS

The students will continue working on their poetry book for the next two weeks.

SCIENCE

In Chapter 13, the students are learning about the properties of sound, how sound waves travel, and learn how the human ear functions.  The test on Chapter 13 will be the week of 2-6.

Social Studies-The children will complete their final test on Chapter 9  Feb.1st. On Friday Feb. 3rd they will have an open book unit test on Ch 8-9. Please make sure your child has found the pages for main ideas,people, places, and terms .They have been shown how to find them in their text.

Math- On Monday the students will have an open book Unit test on multiplication. Please make sure your child understands the distributive and associative properties. We will begin our study of division with remainders next week. Please make sure your child is practicing their division facts. They should know them  through the nines.

Reading- We have completed our study of Hatchet. We will be working in our regular text this coming week. The focus will be on comprehension and making inferences.

Language Arts- We have begun our poetry unit. Please read the information that is being sent home today. A rubric will be sent home next week.

Reminders: Open House is this coming Sunday, the 29th. We urge everyone to attend. Catholic School week begins next week.

We are out of tissue,baby wipes, and paper towels. If you can bring in any of these items ,it will be appreciated.

Poetry-Tomorrow I am sending home instructions for our upcoming poetry unit. Please make sure that you read over the requirements and the rubric.

SCIENCE – Chapter 13 lesson 1

SOCIAL STUDIES – PG. 65 in packet and workbook

LANGUAGE ARTS – get poetry packet letter signed and return tomorrow

MATH – Chapter 7 test will be on Friday.  Finish chapter review for homework if not completed in class.

RELIGION – Chapter 12 test tomorrow

SOCIAL STUDIES – workbook pg 63-64; lesson 3 packet