Week of 9-4-12

Dear Families,

This week we will cover the following content:

Reading

-The focus skill is main idea and details (Test Monday 9-10)  More practice here: http://www.k12reader.com/subject/main-idea-worksheets/ 

-The story this week is The Grand Canyon (Test Friday)

Vocabulary

-Vocab from The Grand Canyon (on Friday's Reading Test) Practice on Spelling City

-Vocab from Writer's Log Lesson 2 (on Friday's Reading Test) Practice on Spelling City

Science

-Unit 1 continued (Quiz this week and Test Thursday 9-13)  There are videos on Think Central for more practice.

Math

-Chapter 1 continued (Quiz Thursday and Test Monday 9-10)

-Topics include: place value, forms of numbers, rounding/estimating, number lines

-Students are having difficulty recalling procedures for rounding/estimating numbers (2nd and 3rd grade skill).  Here is a site for practice. http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/tens.cgi?A1=s&A2=5 

Writing

-Writing expository (essay) plans

Grammar

Subject/Predicate (on Friday's Reading Test)

Spelling

See Spelling City for your list of words.  All assignments due before school Friday. (Test Friday)