The students continue to complete testing in language arts, I look forward to sharing the results at conferences in October.
Math is moving forward to our assessment on Thursday, the students are successful with prime factorization.
In social studies we have begun to look at urban and rural locations. We are also studying populations and culture as it impacts the development of urban and rural areas.
Science is a review of matter, density, weight and volume. We will be taking a quiz on their basic concepts on Friday. Tomorrow we will review using Jeopardy.

We have been very busy in class! The students have almost finished their language arts assessments and rotations will begin on the 21st of September. In class we have reviewed sequence of events and tools for understanding expository text. This is a very important standard and one we will be reviewing all year through our science and our social studies book.
Math is concluding the first chapter in Everyday Math. I have slowed down a little with the Keys to Algebra since we needed some review time for prime factorization. Please take every opportunity to have your child review their multiplication facts, that skill should be to automaticity.
In Social Studies we will have a map test on Thursday on the Western States and their capitals. The students played Jeopardy yesterday with the information we have learned so far, I think they surprised themselves with how much they know about latitude and longitude.
Last Friday we conducted a science experiment questioning whether or not there was space between water molecules. Ask your child if there is or not!
Thank you for all your support so far this year!

We are working on sentence diagramming, and sequencing a news article. We will be breaking into two groups next week to meet the needs of each student.
In math we continue to focus on prime factorization. We looked at the rules for divisibility this week. Your student should know how to decide if a number can be divided by 2,3,5,6,and 9.
The Western region continues to be our focus this week. We are up to knowing the states, their natural resources and we are working on their capitals, landforms and climate. This unit will culminate with each student creating a brochure for each state.
Today will be a fun science experiment! We continue to look at elements and their properties, today we will make ice-cream! Ask your student how salt changes the freezing temperature of ice!

The students continue to work on basic sentence structure. This reinforces the concept of correct grammar, I expect this to transfer over to their writing, this week will be our first experience.

In math, we are practicing prime factorization. The students are up to page 5 in Keys to Algebra and anxious to do more!

Social studies focused on the western region of the United States. Ask your student if they can name the six states which comprise the Western region.

In science we began the study of atoms. So far we have looked at atomic number, protons, and electrons. This unit will extend for a few weeks. Ask your student what the atomic number of carbon is!

Today the students began to work in earnest! We started diagramming sentences, and our first official writing assignment of a descriptive essay. This will be a week long project, so look for a completed essay by Friday.
Math rotations began today. Students who stay with me, covered the beginning of Keys to Algebra and completed the scavenger hunt of their math book.
Social studies is becoming more real as the students begin to look at different ways of identifying an area. We looked at geographical location, physical environment (plants, animals, etc.), cultural regions and finally economic regions of the United States.
Please make sure your student is reading nightly!