Miss Cox's Week of October 26-30

Students have been assigned a Pedigree project to be done at home. Parents, please remember that this is your child's project and minimal help should be given. They have been given an expectations sheet, and the project was discussed in class. They are equipped to do the project on their own. It was introduced on Thur., October 22, and it will be due Tuesday, October 27.

We will be switching back over to Social Studies this week. We will be learning about Ancient Egypt and the Nile River Valley. Students will be assigned topics on Monday, and we will be working on presentations Tuesday and Wednesday with presentations on Thursday and Friday.

Matthew 5:15-16 (October 26-30)

Matthew 5:15-16 (New International Version)
15Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

Math and Bible with Mr. Metcalf (October 19-23

Math and Bible (Homework in Parentheses)
Monday: 4.6 Interpret the Remainder (PW21)
Tuesday: 4.7 Decimal Expressions and Equations (PW22)
Wednesay: Chapter 4 test (Bible lesson 7)
Thursday: 5.1-2 Samples and Bias in Surveys (PW23-24)
Friday: 5.3 Frequency Tables and Line Plots - PW 25 in class

This week we will be wrapping up our work with Decimals in chapter 4. We will have a test on Wednesday, October 21. Students will get their tests back on Thursday and they should plan to return their signed tests with corrections to school by Friday, October 23.

Check for chapter 3 math material in your child’s stuff folder. Congratulations on the World Cup birth!

Matthew 5:13-14 (October 5-9)

Matthew 5:13-14 (New International Version)

Salt and Light
13"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
14"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Spelling for October 12-16

Please begin studying the words below. If you are unsure of the meaning of the words, please take a moment to look them up in the dictionary. Webster has an excellent online dictionary at http://m-w.com .

busy
among
building
young
enough
though
straight
rough
courage
eighth
system
although
sleigh
boulder
biscuit
dough
superficial
devastate
inheritance
decimal

Ms. Reid's information for October 12-16

The students have learned several new jingles and will be tested on those next week. Please have them study the jingles each night. We held off on helping verbs this past week in order to review the concepts that were taught prior to our little ‘vacation’ from school, so we will add those in next week. Please continue to encourage your son/daughter to come to me for help since we are building the foundations for our grammar study at this time. If they don’t get the concepts now, they will struggle for the remainder of the year!

We will have our first Cool Word test on Wednesday. They have the first nine words now and will receive the tenth word on Tuesday. They can and should be studying their words each night as they receive them as opposed to waiting until the night before the test.

We will continue to explore the basic elements of literature while also while reading The Rumpelstiltskin Problem. We will use the whole class model for exploring the next chapter. As we complete this chapter we will look at how Characterization is used within stories as a support to plot development.

Homework
Monday
Complete Independent Practice 6
Tuesday
Study your Cool Words!
Wednesday
Rumpelstiltskin Characterization
Thursday
Complete Independent Practice 7
Friday
Have a lovely evening!

Stuff Folder: I returned Independent Practice 3 this week. It should be glued in your son/daughter’s Interactive Notebook to page 5.

Matthew 5:10-12 (October 12-16)

Matthew 5:10-12 (New International Version)

10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.