Math

       Math is a challenge for the students.  Students work on the board, in groups and individually using their notebooks or wipe off boards to work through daily problems. We usually cover a lesson a day with quizzes to test understanding throughout the chapters.  We are starting Chapter 4 learning about division.  Please continue to review multiplication math facts with the students.

             Weatherman for the Morning Broadcast

        Each day a "weather team" will prepare a weather report for the morning broadcast in the Media Production Studio.  The team gathers the morning temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, front/air mass movement, and forecast for the next day. The best place to gather this information is from the Ch 5 weather report.  The meteorologists repeat the weather about every 10 minutes or so.  The weather team consists of two students who will take care of the weather report for a week. We trade off between the classes each week.

      Social Studies

           We're studying colonial times with the Europeans settling in America.  The class covered settlements on Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, and others.  Along with the religious groups, we will cover the Salem Witch trials involving the Puritans in the 1600's.

                 English

     Each day English class starts with two D.O.L. sentences  that we "fix" on the SmartBoard.  The rest of the class interjects where necessary.  The class works through a binder of writing exercises and quizzes during the main part of class.  Their work is usually shared orally with the class.  The exercises will prepare the students to become proficient writers and do well on the state tests in the spring.  We are working on Expository writing right now.

         Spelling

          This year the students have a new spelling book that is tied to their new reading series.  Click here to see the spelling lists.