May 30th - June 3rd

Important Information for this week:

• Remember to bring a flower for the Virgin  on Tuesday 31st. 
• Early dismissal (11:15)on Friday 3rd.

G.K 

Start reviewing topics from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms for our Open Class that will be held in our school's auditorium on June 14th at 8:00 am.

• Remember to bring before Friday 3rd, your canvas, an old shirt, one fine brush, and the draft of your favorite painting studied in class.

Science

We've moved to unit C. We will start studying How The Earth's Crust Move? ( C14 -17)

Take a look at: http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm (An animation from NASA depicting the layers of the earth)

Grammar

Our Grammar Test II has been moved to June 7th. These are the topics that must be studied:

• Subject and Object Pronouns
• Pronouns and Antecedents
• Possessive Pronouns

Homework: Complete the Review from page 155 in your notebook for Monday 30th.

• Start reviewing all the Grammar topics from 1st, 2nd and 3rd terms for our Open Class that will be held in our school's auditorium on June 14th at 8:00 am.

Spelling

We won't have a Spelling test during this week. Take this time to prepare your G.K speeches and to review for the Open Class.

Reading and Writing.

•   Read at home chapters 1 to 10 from the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiller.

Speeches

Pay attention to the assigned dates. I'm sure you will do a wonderful teamwork as always!

 OPEN CLASS CONTENTS

 

More information coming next week

May 23rd - May 27th

Important Information for this week:

G.K 

We will work with Mary Cassatt during the week.

Bring the following images (7x7cm)  for Thursday 19th.

1. Sel-Portrait by Mary Cassatt
2. Sleepy Baby by Mary Cassatt

Visit :http://www.marycassatt.org/

Science

We've moved to unit C. Now, we will start studying The Earth Layers. ( C8-11)

Take a look at: http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate1.htm (An animation from NASA depicting the layers of the earth)

Grammar

We will start working with Possessive Pronouns pages 152- 155

Homework: Complete the Review from page 155 in your notebook for Monday 30th.

Spelling

We will work with sentences during this week. 20 words will be dictated and 10 sentences will be given.

Homework: Write sentences from11 to 20 at home for Wednesday 25th.

List  #5

1. atmosphere
2. hydrosphere
3. lithosphere
4. crust
5. mantle
6. core
7. temperature
8. layer
9. rock
10. earth
11. visitor
12. chopsticks
13. disappointed
14. haiku
15. clog
16. puzzle
17. slide
18. glimpse
19. nursery
20. Philadelphia

Reading and Writing.

•   Read at home chapters 1 to 8 from the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiller.
• We will read the short story" A visitor from Japan" pages 328 and 329
• Our Reading and Writing Test 1 will be on Friday 27th. Remember to review:

- The Memory Box
- The Marble Champ
- Descriptive Paragraph

Speeches

We will start next week. Pay attention to the assigned dates. I'm sure you will do a wonderful teamwork as always!

More information coming next week

May 16th -May 20th

Good Will Week!

Let's treat each other with respect.




Important Information for this week:

G.K 

We will work with Vincent Van Gogh during the week.

Bring the following images (7x7cm)  for Thursday 19th.

1. Sel-Portrait
2. Starry Night ( if you didn't paste it with Impressionism)
3. The Potato eaters
4. Sunflowers

Visit : http://www.vangoghgallery.com

Remember to bring on Tuesday 17th, your own colored, painted or drawn version of one of the paintings studied in class, together with a small image of the original. Use a white cardboard or a white paper letter sized.

Science

We have our Science Test 1 on Friday 20th. Remember to study the following topics:

1. What are Elements?
2. The Periodic Table
3. Atoms, molecules and compounds.

We will keep working on Mixtures and Solutions B24- B27. Read at home about these topics.

Grammar

We will start working with Pronouns and antecedents.

Extra practice: 

Spelling

We will work with meanings during this week. 20 words will be dictacted and 10 meanings will be given.

Homework: Look for the meanings from11 to 20 at home for Wednesday 18th.

List  # 4

1. dealer
2. missionary
3. failure
4. laborer
5. breakdown
6. delusion
7. throughout
8. cope
9. parallel
10. pattern
11. avocado
12. composition
13. antecedent
14. wheelchair
15. crystal
16. between
17. among
18. until
19. about
20. across

Reading and Writing.

•   Read at home chapters 1 to 6from the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiller.
• We will work with Parallelism in Writing.

Speeches

The information has been distributed. Pay attention to the assigned dates. I'm sure you will do a wonderful teamwork as always!

More information coming next week

May 9th - 13th

Dear moms,

Happy Mother's Day!

Remember that you are cordially invited to share, this Monday 9th, a special mass to celebrate Mother's Day. It will be held in our school's gym at 8:30 am.

Important Information for this week:

G.K 

Our G.K test I is on Wednesday 11th, review the following topics:

1. Impressionism
2. Claude Monet
3. Pierre Auguste Renoir

Science

We will start working with Mixtures and Solutions B24- B27. Read at home about these topics.

Grammar

We will keep working with Prepositions, prepositional phrases.

Extra practice: 

Spelling

We will work with sentences during this week. 10 words will be diacted and 10 sentences.

Homework: Write sentences from11 to 20 at home for Wednesday 11th.

List  #  3

1. mixture
2. solution
3. dissolve
4. separate
5. substance
6. particles. Particles are very small pieces of solid matter.
7. mix   My mom mixes raisins and nuts with her cereal.
8. combine My Grandmother combined the ingredients to make a cake,
9. clench  David clenches his teeth when he sleeps.
10. compare We compare different artists in G.K.
11. essay
12. cornmeal
13. primitive
14. grease
15. flyer
16. beetle
17. peek
18. against
19. toward
20. without

Reading and Writing.

•   Read at home chapters 1 to 4 from the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiller.
• Story of the Week "Andy's Secret Ingredient"Page 582

More information coming next week!

May 2nd to 6th

May is here! We will start this month with many topics, activities, and readings to be done.

Take a closer look to what we will work with during the week.

Spelling List 2

We"ll have our second test on Thursday ^5th . Please practice the words from the list and the meaning of each. 10 words will be dictated on the test, and 10 meanings must be written.

1.championship	11.through
2.opponent	12.before
3. trophy	13.after
4.strengthen	14.below
5.swollen	15.above
6.pleasures	16.molecule
7.outdoor	17.compound
8.delightful	18.oxygen
9.exaggerate	19.carbon dioxide
10.crippled	20.rust

General Knowledge

We will keep on working with Impressionism Style, especially with our second artist : Pierre Auguste Renoir
Please look for, cut, label  the following pictures for Thurs. 5th :

• Renoir's Self-portrait
• Dance at le Mouline the la Gallete by Renoir

Grammar

• Our Grammar Test 1 will be on Friday 6th. Review: Perfect Tenses, Progressive Tenses and Troublesome verbs.
• We will start working with Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.

Science

We will work with Compounds. Take a look at this video:



or this one: http://youtu.be/cV4jJZCIMPo

If you would like to see how chemistry is cool, take a look at these girls' song : 
http://youtu.be/rHEYZUUtGxs

         Reading- Writing 

                        

Let's start reading the story book for the term: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Remember to share with your mom everyday, show her how much you care about her and how much you love her. Make sure everyday is Mother's Day.