Jan. 28-Feb. 1

WRITING:
Persuasive writing will continue and we will use the knowledge of persuasion and author's purpose PIE to write our own commercial from the view point of a character we create in class.  Using our OREO (Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Opinion restated) outline, students will go through the writing process and will end the week by publishing and performing their commercials.  We will vote as a class for the most convincing commercial.

Our grammar lessons will tie into our social studies unit using our verbs in the past, present and future. We will work on spelling patterns of long u  (-u_e, and -ue) and will have a spelling check on Friday.

READING:
Media literacy has ended.  I hope your child(ren) have noticed just how much media is around them and how quickly and effectively it influences them.  We will start our unit on sensory language and poetry this week.  Our class will learn how to create vibrant and colorful images in their mind as we read through examples of foods and colors and seeing a scenario through another persons eyes.  Through this whole unit, we will create individual charts for our sensory words that will help us in our writing.

MATH:
Fractions have ended and we are venturing back into the addition world.  We will introduce regrouping (carrying the one) this week through visuals, games, verbal/written/illustrated explanations and creating their own pocket book of regrouping (what it is, why we do it and how do we do it).  There will be an addition slogan all week of "If you have 10 or more, go next door."

SOCIAL STUDIES:
Past, present, and future will come to an end this week.  By reviewing the life of Martin Luther King, Jr, holidays in the year, birthdays in our class and more, we will be able to put times of day in order, days and months in order and daily activities in order.  We will review on Thursday and assess on Friday.

REMINDERS:
Jan. 31 - Science Fair
Feb. 6 - Early Release Day
Life Journals due Friday
Library- Tuesday