We will be very busy this week. In reading, we are working on a mystery unit. We have read a mystery together and each student is reading a mystery in his/her book group. Our work centers around the structure of a mystery, as well as key vocabulary like detective, theory, motivation and clues. This week we will try to imagine ourselves as the detective and discuss the role of a sidekick.
In writing, we will complete our realistic fiction unit and begin an informational writing unit. During this unit students will be writing to inform the reader on a topic of their choice. It would be very helpful if you and your child could discuss possible topics at home. The topic should be something your child is an expert on and can write about with minimal research.
In math, we will begin to explore division. Please continue to practice multiplication facts at home. We will also be looking at the clock and reviewing how to tell time to the half hour, quarter hour, and the minute. You will see a mix of these math concepts for homework this week.
In word work, we will be exploring prefixes, suffixes and root words. Also, this week is the unit review for spelling, so we do not have spelling homework. In Social Studies we are finishing a travel brochure about modern day Egypt.
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