January 20, 2017

Ms. Zurales' Class News

ELA We will continue our Culture and Traditions Unit. Students are typing the chapters of their expository writing about the country their ancestors came from. The final copy is due on Friday. They will be given about 20 minutes per day, 3 days next week, to complete them. They should be working on them at home if they find they are not going to be done by Friday. Please have them refer to the expository checklist. Each paragraph should have a hook, which is a question sentence, 5 sentences with the facts, an ending or closing sentence and transitions (next, then, now) between paragraphs.

We’ll be reading out of our Social Studies textbooks during our reading block, as we learn about immigration and culture.  Students have been collaboratively working on note taking and open book quizzes.

Don't forget to read for 20 minutes each night. 

LANGUAGE ARTS Our focus will be on word choice.

SPELLING  New sorts went go home on Tuesday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) is due on Friday, January 27, which is also the date of the test. 

MATH Ms. Zurales' math class will finish up with Measurement and Fractions. A study guide for Unit 4 went home today. It is due on Tuesday. The Unit 4 test will be on Wednesday. Practice sheet will go home on Monday for the 5s multiplication facts. A 5s quiz will be given on Friday. Our next Unit is Multiplication, Division & Area.

Science Students will continue learning about the states of matter. Their will be an open book graded quiz on Tuesday. Our next lesson will be on how matter changes.

Important Dates & Announcements

1/24 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Unit 4 Study Guide due
1/25 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Unit 4 Test
1/27 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - 5's Times Tables Quiz