Weekly Parent Letter for January 9-13, 2017
Spelling: Vowel + r Sounds
1. artist2. mark3. storm4. March5. north6. restore 7. market
8. horse9. chore10. stork11. forest12. thorn13. acorn 14. barking
Words will be reviewed orally and written daily.
Reading: Story of the Week: Aero and Officer Mike
Genre: Informational Text – Gives factual information about a topic.
Target Skill: Author’s Purpose
Vocabulary Strategies: Prefixes (in/im-meaning not) prefix + base word = new word im + perfect = imperfect
Vocabulary Words:
ability – a special skillpartners – people who work together
patrol – to keep watch oversnap – bite suddenly
quiver – to shake with excitementincomplete – not finished
incorrect – wrongimpolite – rude; not respectable
impatient – does not like to waitimpossible – cannot be done
Grammar: Using pronouns and verbs that agree. ex. She hits the ball. It flies into the air.
Math:Students will locate fractions on a number line.
Science:
1. Length is the distance from one end of an object to the other end and is measured using metric rulers and metersticks.
2. Mass is the amount of matter an object has.
3.A balance is a tool used to measure mass.
4.Solids, liquids, and gases all have mass.
5.Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
6.Liquids and solids have volume. You can measure the volume of a liquid with a graduated cylinder using the metric units liter (L)
and milliliter (mL). The volume of a solid can be measured using water.
7.Density compares an object's mass to its volume.
8.The Celsius scale is often used in science to measure temperature and is written as C.
9. The Fahrenheit scale is used in everyday life in the United States and is written as F.
10.A metric unit for mass is the gram. Larger matter is measured in kilograms.
11.Magnetism is a force that pulls on, or attracts, metal objects containing iron. Iron and metal are magnetic metals.
Social Studies:Chapter5 Lesson 1
Life in the Early 1800's
Focus Points:
1.In the early 1800's, South Carolina's population was made up of a variety of social classes.
2.The upper class consisted of wealthy planters,.
3. The middle class consisted of lawyers, doctors, skilled workers, and merchants.
4. The lower class included mostly unskilled people,uneducated people, and free and enslaved African Americans.
5. Merchants buy and sell goods.
6. Settlements along the waterways, known as cities, were good locations for trade.
7. Charleston continues to be an importantport city in South Carolina.
8. Many free African Americans, who lived in cities, worked as artisans in the middle 1800's. Artisans are skilled workers, such as carpenters, shoemakers, and tailors.
9. Free African Americans who did not live in cities often owned smalls farms.
10. Independent farmers were farmers who owned small amounts of land that they worked themselves.
11. Elite farmers owned large plantations and more than 20 enslaved people.
12. A large plantation usually had several buildings, which included a large owner's house and small one-room cabins with dirt floors for the enslaved people.
13. Life for enslaved people was very hard on large plantations.
14. In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
15. The cotton gin is a machine that separates the cotton from its seeds.
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