THE
SEXTON SENTINEL
Week
of August 30 - Septmeber 3, 2010
NEWS
& DATES:
Aug.
31 – First Book Report due (on a non-fiction
book)
Aug.
31 – Open House
Sept.
6 – Labor Day, No School
Sept.
9 - Interims
This
Week:
READING
– This week we will read “Ultimate
Field Trip 5”, pgs. 95-106. We will be working
on the Vocabulary Skill of Context Clue this week.
The students’ vocab. and comp. quizzes will
be on Thursday this week.
MATH
– We will Review and take Quik Quizzes 1
& 2 on Monday and Tuesday. We will then begin
a quick review of Addition and Subtraction. Be
sure to ask your student about their Multiplication
Times Tables Test (MTTT) this week. These tests
should come home in your child’s Tuesday
Home-School Folder.
LANG.
ARTS – We continue our Review of Sentences
with Combining Sentences. The students will begin
a packet of activities on Sentence Fluency on
Wednesday.
SCIENCE
– We begin Lesson 2 – Human Body Systems
this week. We will read about the Circulatory,
Respiratory and Digestive Systems and begin some
Brain Pop activities and quizzes.
SOC.
STUDIES – We will finish up our study of
the 3 Civilizations: Mayans, Incans and Aztecs
this week. We will review on Tuesday, make flashcards
on Wednesday and take the Ch. 1 Test on Friday!
SPELLING
– Unit 4 words written 3 times each in ABC
order, crossword, word search, and WB pgs. 21
& 22 all due Thursday. Multiple Choice quiz
on Thursday and written test on Friday.