Monday, August 31, 2009

August 31- September 4

FIFTH GRADE NEWS
Barrier Island deposit #1 ($35) is due by this Friday, September 4th. Remember, this is your nonrefundable commitment to the trip!

ELA NEWS
We will continue working on our autobiographical newspapers in writing and will begin reading our first novel unit, Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule.


MATH NEWS
We will continue with Place Value using decimal numbers. Later on in the week, we will begin adding and subtracting decimal numbers.


SCIENCE NEWS
This week we'll be looking at the parts of an animal cell. We'll also be studying food chains and food webs.


SOCIAL STUDIES NEWS
We'll be discussing and acting out the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. We'll also discuss the Black Codes and the Freedmen's Bureau.


SPELLING
1. disapprove
2. misunderstanding
3. unfriendly
4. discourage
5. impossible
6. soph - wise
7. therm - heat
8. aero - air
9. bio - life
10. chron - time
11. SOPHomore
12. THERMostat
13. AEROsol
14. BIOlogist
15.CHRONological

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