Happy New Year!
St. Vincent de Paul
Room 3-2 Viking Corner
Peoria, IL
01 /0 2 /1 7
Daily 5—Biographies
During guided reading, we will read biographies of
important leaders during colonial times, beginning with Ben Franklin.
Students will learn the meaning of some of the sayings and words of wisdom
that Ben Franklin shared in
Poor Richard’s Almanac.
For example, he wrote “a penny saved is a penny earned.”
Students will write an opinion piece about why they agree or disagree with the
saying.
Students will also figure out Magic Squares, like the ones that Benjamin Franklin
created. A magic square is an arrangement of numbers in a square grid, where
the numbers in each row, and in each column, and the numbers in the forward
and backward main diagonals, all add up to the same number.
Reading/Language Arts
On Tuesday night, please help your child reread The Terrible EEK story and
answer the questions at the end of the story, in complete sentences.
The spelling list, The Terrible EEK, can be found on the spelling city website
under the McGraw-Hill section.
The spelling test and reading test will be this Friday.
Math
This week, we will review multiplication concepts and
we will begin our study of division in chapter 10.
We will begin multiplication Rocket math facts next week!
Science/Social Studies
In chapter 8 about space, we have been exploring
what causes day and night (Earth's rotation) and the seasons (revolution/tilt of Earth),
in addition to the moon's phases.
We will review plus we will begin studying the solar system
and facts about the planets.
In social studies, we will study how the national government is organized,
with its three branches of government—legislative (Congress=makes the laws);
executive (President=carries out/enforces the laws;
judicial (Supreme Court=makes sure the laws are fair/constitutional).
Religion
In chapter 11, we will learn about who serves the church (pastor, deacon, etc.)
in addition o celebrations of parish worship.
Please help your child review the highlighted information in their book,
in order to prepare for the open-book test on Friday.