Dy NI CITT CLASS NEWS A NOTE FROM THE TEACHER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN... Welcome back to schooll | hope that you all Pee Onter ann had a fantastic winter break. © Story: The Man Who Invented Basketball -STEM Night this Thursday 1/10 from 5- Phonics/Word Analysts: regular Plurals 7pm. Bring your family for a night full of fun Comprehension: STEM activities. Skill- Generalize -Spelling Bee Winner: Congratulations Strategy- Summarize Andrew Nam! Andrew will compete in the Language: school-wide spelling bee on 1/31. Vocabulary- Unfamiliar Words FCC Ee OE ee Conventions- Singular and Plural Assessment for math will be on 1/17. This Fronouns is Fluency: Accuracy is an EOG style assessment that helps us to. “check in” on student understanding and rey plan instruction accordingly. 6.7 Algebra- Relate Multiplication and -Winter MAP Testing for Reading will be on Division Tuesday 1/22. 6.8 Algebra- Write Related Facts -United Skates STEM Field Trip: Please turn 6.9 Division Rules for 1 and in forms and payment ASAP. Chapter 6 Review HOMEWORK REMINDER Science: Energy Conservation and Transfer Reading Homework: The Ant and The Grasshopper . i Social Studies: Historical Events, Notable Spelling Homework: Study Spelling were People, and Significant Ideas and Math Homework: 02:6 Worksheet and Practice jnnovationsin The Coastal Plains Region Division Facts! DATES TO REMEMBER 1/10 STEM Night 1/17 Math NC Check-In 1/18 Teacher Work Day 1/21 MLK Jr Day- No School 1/22 Reading MAP Testing 1/24 Field Trip THANK YOU, na: Myer CTT CTT Ritter ttt teThe Man Who Invented Basketball Unit 4 Week 1 Spelling Words 1. wolves 11. geese 2. Knives 12. wives d. feet 19. elves 4. men 14. banjos 5. children 15. halves *=challenge words 6. women 16, loaves* T. sheep 17. beliefs* 8. heroes 18. tomatoes 9. scarves 19. potatoes+ 10.mice 20. tornadoes Vocabulary Words basketball game played on a court where two teams try to throw a ball through a raised hoop disease a problem in the body; sickness freeze to turn to ice guard a person who watches over something popular liked by many people sports games in which people use their bodies study to spend time learning, usually by reading terrible really bad-— Canada, Althoug 7 i | James Naismith grew up in a small town in h none of them had much money, ames he and his friends had a lot of fun playi | One of the games was called duck on a rock. | Much later in his life, James wanted to invent an exciting indoor game that his students could play | during a long, cold winter. Remembering the | game duck on a rock, he got an old soccer ball and two peach baskets, and the game of basketball was born! Activity Invent a Game With a family member find some objects in your home and invent a game to play with them, The objects could be as simple as two spoons, an egy timer, and different-sized balls. Brainstorm ame, some rules, and a place to play, Then play a few practice a name for your g rent ideas to make the game more exciti games, uying out dil _ Comprehension Skill Generalize When you read, you ean sometimes Game, That Game Think make a general statement about what of three games with something in you have read, The statement tells how common. Maybe they all require a | some things are mostly alike or all alike. board to play on, or maybe all of them are timed. Write a sentence that states a : generalization about the three games. DVD+218 Family Times