Thriving in Third Volume 20

If your student comes home with a grade below a 70 they are encouraged to make corrections and bring back for a better grade (up to a 70). Please reach out if you have any questions.

January

• 25th: Progress Reports Posted in Focus
• 27th: Unit 5 Science Test
• 27th: Author Visit
• 30th: Jump Rope for Heart Begins
• 31st: Unit 8 Math Test

February

• 1st: Mrs. Tuffs' Birthday
• 7th: Reading Interim STAAR testing
• 8th: Math Interim STAAR testing
• 14th: Valentine's Party (more info to come)
• 17th: No School
• 20th: No School
• 24th: STEM Night @ 5:30pm

Grammar: compound sentences with commas and commas in a series

Foundational Skills: decoding & spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns (IGH)

Writing: students will explore different types of poems

Vocab: Figurative language, Simile, Imagery, Literary device, Pattern of verse, Poetry, Point of view, Rhyme scheme, Sound device, Alliteration, Rhyme, Onomatopoeia, Stanza, Theme, Topic , Voice, Word choice

Reading: digger deeper with Author's Purpose and Making Inferences

3.9(A) identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting

I can identify and explain how equality, respect for oneself and others are characteristics of good citizenship.

Academic Vocabulary:

citizen

justice

truthfulness

equality

respect

responsibility

self-respect

This week in math:

• Multiplication & Division
• Word Problems

This week in Science:

• Review the order of the planets and the orbits of Earth and the Moon
• Test on Friday

Jennifer Tuffs- jtuffs@leisd.ws

Brittany Golec- bgolec@leisd.ws

Jennifer Franks- jfranks@leisd.ws

Shua Cho- scho@leisd.ws