May 7-11

• spelling -unit 36
• reading Midnight Rider
• language-  We will complete adverbs and prepositions.
• math- We will be adding and subtracting fractions with whole numbers.
• history- We are reading about Alabamians. The grading for the wax museum will be Thursday and Friday. We will draw names to see  which children perform each day.
• We go to the capitol and the White  House of the Confederacy on Wednesday. (May 9th)

April 30- May 4

• spelling- Unit 35
• reading- Midnight Rider
• language- prepositions
• math- fractions( adding, subtracting, and comparing)
• science-simple machines
• history- We are reading and discussing some Alabamians in class. Your child should be working on his or her Alabamian for the wax museum at home.
• Bible - Joshua and Jericho

April 23-27

• spelling- unit 34
• reading- We will finish reading AN OCCASIONAL COW and begin MIDNIGHT RIDER.
• math- fractions; equivalent, lowest terms, and mixed numbers
• history- We will be discussing reconstruction in Alabama. Also, the children have their Alabamian to begin reading and planning for the wax museum. I will send more details about the museum at another time.
• science- simple machines
• Bible- We will begin Joshua.
• language- We will begin prepositions.

April 16- 20

spelling-unit 32

reading - An Occasional Cow /hyperboles and other figures of speech

math- We will review and test geometry and then begin fractions.

history- We will review and test the Civil War and begin Reconstruction.

Bible- Numbers21-24

science- states of matter

language-adverbs

DeSoto Caverns is Friday. I will send a note home tomorrow form the 4th grade teachers concerning what to wear and what to pack.

April 9 -13

spelling- unit 32

reading- We will finish BLUE and work from our basal reader. We have several good stories and articles about the Titianic.

math- pp. 514-518

Bible-Numbers 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, and 24

history -pp. 216-226

science-pp. 468-482

language- pp. 234-241

the week after spring break

• spelling-unit 31/test-Thursday
• reading-Blue-chapters 16-24
• math-pp. 508-515
• Bible-Numbers 13-14,and 16
• history-pp.207-220
• science-pp. 458-464
• language-pp. 222-223, test, pp.234 and 23

March 19-23

We celebrated Pi Day with some of the high school math students. We made Pi bracelets.

• Science Fest is Friday. We begin science activities at 8:10 and have an early dismissal at 11:30.
• Science- (in class) We will make imovies Monday and Tuesday, review, and have a test on our six natural disasters next Thursday.
• History- We will be discussing the opening of the Civil War (Ft. Sumter) and 1st Bull Run.
• Language- pp.214-220
• math- pp. 496-501 (area and perimeter)
• Spelling- unit 29 (test Thursday)
• reading- Blue/skill: dividing words into syllables