English- 

This week, we will continue learning about prepositional phrases. We will also be reviewing all of the skills we have learned so far in Unit 1 to prepare for our test next week.

Topics for the Unit 1 Test: 

1. Sentences vs. Fragments

2. Types of Sentences (interrogative, declarative, imperative, exclamatory)

3. Simple Subjects & Predicates

4. Simple & Compound Sentences

5. Prepositional Phrases
   I will send the test review home Thursday. If you would like extra practice on these topics, I have assigned IXL lessons to help students review. On IXL, go to teacher recommendations to view these. 

Writing-

This upcoming week, we will begin to start our intro process for writing our first personal narrative. We will be creating figurative language booklets and learning how to use show, don't tell language.

Spelling-

Spelling packets will be sent home this Friday and are due next Friday for an other grade. We will go over the spelling rules and instructions in class, but the packet is homework.

Week 3 Spelling Words:

shown common soap problem quote bowling growth

shone product fellowship contest shadow coax scroll

topic suppose

Review Words:

visit

style

Challenge Words:

though

clothes

Reading - 

This week, we will review over our Intro to Literature unit and will have a test on Thursday, September 10. Reviews will be sent home Tuesday. If they are completed and signed by Thursday, students will receive 5 extra points on their test. These skills are also on IXL for practice!

Test Topics:
1. Main Idea

Character Traits

3. Plot Elements

4. Context Clues

5. Author's Purpose

Students will also continue their independent reading novel that was chosen Friday. Each day, students will complete a stop and jot in their reading journal. There are stop and jot topics and sentence stems in their journals that they will follow!

Here is a link to the anchor charts we will be using in class. These will be updated as we learn new skills!

⭐ We are accepting lightly used chapter books for the classroom library! 

If you have any books that your child has already read just sitting around the house, we will gladly take them! 

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Novel Studies: We are beginning our Frindle novel study Friday, September 11. Please ensure your child has their book by then!

Frindle by Andrew Clements

ISBN: 0689818769

**Please purchase the paperback version of each book. It is challenging to have class discussions with different page numbers. These books will belong to the student. Click on the Amazon links above. Please do NOT have your student read ahead.**

Math-Topic 2 Add and Subtract Multi-Digit Whole Numbers

Monday-OFF

Tuesday-Subtracting with Multi-Digit Numbers

Wednesday-Subtracting with Zeros

Thursday-Subtracting with Zeros

Friday-Adding, Subtracting, and Estimating review stations 

• Skip Counting Songs (Click Here)

• Free multiplication Games (Click here)

• Prodigygame.com (Click here)

Please study the songs above to practice your math facts. These are the songs we use in class.

Math at Home: On average, 10 minutes of math practice at home each night is encouraged, either on their math facts fluency practice, sent-home worksheets, or IXL/Prodigy/Boddle. We will be setting up our online class accounts this week! 

          IXL Click HERE            Prodigy Click HERE         

Bible

 Memory Verse: Romans 5:3-4. "Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope."

Chapel Leaders

Block 1 - Peyton

  Block 2 - Weston

  Block 3 - Brody

Verse Leaders at Chapel:

 Bible Test September 11th. Study Blooket  LINK 

***Every Wednesday, students receive their new Bible verse, which will be updated on the website every Friday. 

Deep Roots Student Login - Students can use this link and their Deep Roots logins to access the Unit we are studying or to access content for makeup work. Students have log in information in their planners. 

Science

We will be studying Matter/ Mixtures and Solutions

Tuesday - Review Matter for in class Test

Wednesday - Test (All studying will be done in class.)

Thursday -  Making mixtures/trail mix

Friday - What is a mixture?

Cursive-

The students will be practicing letters in class everyday.  

Students will only write in cursive for Texas History.

Texas History

Texas Locations

Tuesday - Settling Texas/Early Texas Settlers

Wednesday - European Immigration/Spanish settlers

Thursday - American Settlers Flock to Texas/Technology in Texas

Friday - Texas Cities Then and Now/ Review for Test

Monday - Test (Sept 14th)

History Test Monday, September 14th 

Studing Blooket Week 3: LINK  Pass with a 90% or better.

Blooket Week 3-4: LINK  Start when finish with Week 3

Mrs. Davila has a phone call in with the link below (Texas Studies Weekly). They are trying to fix the link below. I will let you know as soon as it works!

Texas Studies Weekly Login - Students have log in information in their planners for Texas Studies Weekly to review at anytime or to complete make up work if they do not have their newspapers with them.