Williams/Grieb Newsletter

Williams/Grieb Newsletter

Week of Aug. 18-22, 2014

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Mrs. Grieb’s

Reading/Writing/SS

Reading:

**We are continuingto read the Novel: Steal Away Home. Ask your child to tell you about it…It’s a GREAT story!! 

**There will be vocabulary to study and a Quiz on the words Friday, 8/22.

**AR book #1: NEEDS to be finished Monday, 8/18 and tested on before our visit to the library, Wednesday, 8/20.

**Wednesday, 8/20 book report due. AR book #2MUST be finished on or before Tuesday, 9/2…Thanks!

Writing:

**We will be improving our writing with short responses throughout the week.

Social Studies:

**We will finish up on how to be an effective citizen. Look for worksheets in the SS section of your child’s binder. There will be a Quiz on Tuesday, 8/19. Your child should study and be prepared…Thanks!

**We will begin the Bill of Rights next week.

Mrs. Williams

Math/Science

Math Update:

**Whew, it’s been exciting learning Partial Products! 

**This upcoming week: We will continue Division and work on other methods to divide. Look for: Doubling Method in your child’s interactive notebooks.

**Homework: Homework is assigned each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. Students will have lots of time during BeeSmart tutoring time: 2:55-3:30 to complete homework and get help from their teacher.

**Please note: Division Quiz, Friday, 8/22. Also, PLEASE review multiplication facts daily with your child. This is soooo important for their success in MATH….THANKS!

Science Update: (Visit my webpage for Vocabulary Graphic Organizers & DOS’s)

**We will continue learning about inquiry skills, lab safety, and begin discussing 7 Steps to Scientific Method.

**We will have a Science Lab, investigating the Georgia peanut in our NEW Science Lab….NEXT WEEK. I am still missing clinic cards for some studentssooo…..Please inform me if your child has an allergic reaction to peanuts….THANKS!! 

Vocabulary: inquiry, interpret, infer, classify, experiment, observation, measure, quantitative and qualitative data, predict, investigation, scientific method, independent variable, controlled, dependent variable, criteria, conclusion, scientific method, graphs, diagrams, volume

**Please note: Inquiry Skills Vocabulary Quiz/Lab Saftey Rules Quiz moved to next Thursday, August 21, 2014….PLEASE ensure your child study and is prepared for these quizzes!!!!!