MATH
In math, some of the objectives will include:
- Division Patterns
- Estimating quotients
- Prime Factorization
- Dividing problems with one divisor and up to four digit dividends
- Dividing problems with two divisors and up to five digit dividends
- Decimal patterns in division
- Dividing whole numbers and decimals
- Dividing decimals by decimals
- Story problems (making an organized list to solve problems, using T.I.P.S.)
LANGUAGE ARTS
In Language Arts, objectives will include:
- We will continue to work on the following reading skills: cause/effect, inferencing, fact/opinion, predicting, literary skills, and nonfiction strategies for reading.
- Spelling will include learning the word wall words as well as transfer words that are associated through common prefixes, suffixes, and base words.
- Informational reading strategies for comprehension
- We will begin Unit 2 in Write Steps. Our writing focus will be solid paragraph writing with strong topic sentences.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In Social Studies, objectives will include:
- We will begin chapter 4: How and Why Europeans Came to the New World
- Map skills
SCIENCE
In Science, objectives will include:
- The scientific process will continue to be a focus the entire school year.
- Our unit on space exploration will continue and we do hope to finish by Christmas break. Our final test will be the vocabulary words introduced in this unit.