SCHOOL NOTES 

WEEKS OF 12/15 AND 1/05

       Reading -          Activities for "My Side of the 

                            Mountain" novel

                           Week of 12/15

                Complete Reading story "Grandma Essie's

                Covered Wagon" pg.310-335

          Skills: Vocab., Steps in a Process, Summarize,

                Using a Time Line, Fig Lang.

               Test on Friday 12/19

                                 Week of 1/05

           Skills:  Author's Purpose, Point of View,Sequence

                 of Events, Vocabulary, Summarizing and

                 Multiple meaning words

          Stories:  "Jacob Lawrence, Art as History"

                  "Going Home"    pgs. 341-367

          Test on vocab. and skills Friday, 1/9

     Language Arts - Week of 12/15     

          Main and Helping Verbs  pg. 77-81

          Recognition and Use  

          Test 12/18 on Main and Helping Verbs

                                 Week of 1/05

           Linking Verbs pg. 83-88

           Recognition and Use

           Verbs of Being and other Linking Verbs

           Test Friday, 1/09

     Spelling -            Week of 12/15 

          Words with /sh/ and  /ch/ sounds pg. 77-82

          Test on Friday 12/19

                                  Week of 1/05

          Words with "ed "and "ing"  pgs.83-88

          Spelling Patterns, Use, Proofreading & Writing

          Test on Friday 1/09

     Mathematics-          Chapter 4 - Dividing with Two-           Digit Divisors 

                                         Week of 12/15 

          Topics include: Dividing Whole No. by 2 Digit No.,

                Dividing Larger Numbers,  

                Chosing a Computation Method -Story Prob.,

                Dividing with Zeros in Quotient

                Multi-Step Problems

           Quiz on Section B- Friday 12/19 

                pg. 214-229

Week of 1/05

          Review All Work with Two Digit Divisors with

                Larger Number Dividends

          New Topics include:  Dividing by Decimals,

                Dividing Money by 2 Digit Divisors, Dividing

                Decimals by Whole Numbers pgs.230-238

           Quiz - Thursday 1/08

         Science -                 Week of 12/15

           Continue work with Elements & Compounds

           Test on Tuesday 12/16

                   Elements & Compounds- pg.E-20-E-33

            Experiementation and Lab Reports over

                        Solids, Liquids and Gases

Week of 1/05

     Social Studies          Week of 12/15

           Continue Chapter 4 -(The Plymouth Colony, and

            skills - Working with Tables, Maps and Solving

            Problems) 

            Vocab quiz over Sections 3-5 Wednesday 12/17

            Review of all concepts in chapter

            Chapter 4 Test Thursday 12/18

Week of 1/05

            Chapter 5 -

     Religion  -              Week of 12/15

             Advent Activities

            Continue Chapter 3  pg. 60-68

            Test Chapter 3 "Fully Alive"pg. 45-68 on

                  Wednesday, 12/17

Week of 1/05

           "Fully Alive" - Chapter 4 - "Growing in

                         Commitment"

           pg.. 69-81 Topics include:  Learning to be

                    Responsible, Committted People, Where

                    are my Commitments? (Family & Friends)

           Epiphany Activities