Week of September 14th

This week our reading goals will focus on reading words with inflected endings, main idea, and detail.  We will be exploring the desert by reading A Walk in the Desert.  In Language Arts we will be learning about statements and questions.  In Social Studies we will learn about Johnny Appleseed and complete an art project with Johnny as the focus.  We have an exciting week in Science as we will get up and personal with some Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches.  We will be finding out just how strong these insects are.  On Thursday we will celebrate Constitution Day by learning about our country's constitution.  In math we will continue working on strategies to use in addition and subtraction.  We will also do a little algebra and find the missing number in an addition and subtraction problem.  Please note that the spelling list for the next week are stapled to their spelling test.  It will go home each Friday.   If they lose their list, just check the blog.  The words are listed on the right hand side.