States of Matter + Division Test

 

Students research the sinking of the Christmas Tree Ship

Christmas Tree decorating fun!

Welcome back to the routine everyone.  I hope you all enjoyed your break and time spent with family and friends.  This week we will begin learning about States of Matter.  The kids will be reading, writing, and doing some experiments using our Battle Creek Science Kits. 

We will also have a special speaker coming on Jan. 17th to show us some really amazing experiments.  The kids should be excited!

We are just finishing with our math unit on division.   We will review this first week back and the test will be near the end of the week.

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P.PM.E.2 States of Matter- Matter exists in several different states: solids, liquids, and gases. Each state of matter has unique physical properties.

Divide using whole numbers and remainders.

 Write persuasively by stating my point directly, and using facts to support my opinion.

  

Upcoming Important Events:

 Jan. 17th States of Matter Presentation

Jan. 20th NO SCHOOL (Martin Luther King Day)

Jan. 24th Michigan’s Birthday Fun

Jan. 29th Lumberjack Day

 Units of Study

 Language Arts:

We will finish up our persuasive writing and begin working on writing literary essays.  We will also get back into our Daily 5 routine reading from our Reading Series or Science text.

Math:

Unit  3 Division with Whole Numbers.

Science:

States of Matter

Social Studies:

West Region (coming next)

Lumberjack  Day