WEEKLY SCAN FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 31ST-----NOV.

4TH
SPELLING

Unit 2; Week 5, Digraphs *****This weeks spelling words all

contain digraphs. You will find the list of words below as usual. Our spelling test
will be on Friday.

LANGUAGE

We will begin our study of verbs. Our lessons will focus on

identifying verbs in sentences and subject/verb agreement (with present tense
verbs). Specific pages that will be covered are pages 138-141 and pages 164-165.

READING

Our unit 2; week 5 essential question is How do people figure things

out? Our genre for this week will be poetry. Students will focus on the literary
elements of alliteration and rhyme. Our comprehension skill will be authors point
of view, and our word study skill will be identifying similes. You will find the list of
reading vocabulary words (and their definitions) below as usual. Our week 5 quiz
will be on Friday.

MATH

We will complete our last lessons from chapter 4 (pages 163-174).

These lessons focus on multiplying with 8, multiplying with 9, and solving word
problems with multiplication. We will then begin reviewing all skills from the
chapter in preparation for a test (either next Tuesday or Wednesday). On
Wednesday, students will have a 100 problem/6 minute subtraction facts quiz. That
means that we are only one week away from our 5 minute TEST! We will then
begin timed multiplication facts quizzes!

SOCIAL STUDIES

We will continue our study of national government with

chapter 13 from the old pink and blue textbook. This weeks lessons will focus on
how Washington, D.C. was chosen to be our capital and some of the most famous
places to visit there.

REMINDERS

1. Please continue to support our Beat Bama Canned Food Drive.

The grade with the most cans collected gets an extra 30 minute recess! 2. From Mr.
Wilson: Ogletree Elementary School presents: Every Day Heroes Thursday,
November 10, 2016 12:45 p.m. O.E.S. Commons Area Please invite Veterans in your
family, friends and neighbors to be honored in this program. Veterans are invited to
wear their dress uniform. A reception for the families of Veterans will follow
immediately after the program.

Unit 2; Week 5 Spelling Words

1. chick
11. pathway
2. much
12. them
3. pitch
13. fish
4. teacher
14. whales
5. lunch
15. what
6. hatch
16. weather
7. cheese
17. shadow
8. stretch
18. seashells

9. thick
10. truth

19. chuckled
20. reach

Unit 2; Week 5 Reading Vocabulary Words

1. alliteration-----when several words in a line of poetry start with the same sound
2. bounce-----to spring back up after hitting something
3. free verse-----poetry that does not always rhyme and can have any number of lines
or stanzas
4. imagine-----to picture a person or thing in the mind
5. inventor-----a person who invents something
6. limerick-----a short funny poem that rhymes and has five lines in each stanza
7. observer-----a person who watches or notices something
8. rhyme-----when two words end with the same sound (like fever and beaver)