Spelling
We WILL NOT have spelling this week.  We are devoting all our time this week to finishing our informational essays. 

Reading and Writing
We will be working hard in writer's workshop to finish composing, revising, editing and publishing our informational essays on our solar system research. 

Students will also be learning about a different form of poetry each day this week.  Today, we learned about the Japanese form of poetry known as Haiku.  We had to review our understanding of syllables and talked in depth about how important word choice is to a poet.  As we learn about different types of poetry, we will also reading a variety of poetry.  As the week progresses, we will also learn about diamante, cinquains, concrete and acrostic poems. 

There is NO passage or spelling homework this week, but your child SHOULD be reading for 20 minutes or more each night at home.

SOCIAL STUDIES
ECONOMICS

We are moving out of our study on personal economics and moving onto Wall Street.  I've been amazed at some of the background knowledge your children have about the business world!  Thanks to table conversations, Shark Tank and The Profit many of our students already have a working knowledge and understanding of the terms associated with business economics.  To continue supporting us at home, you may reference our new vocabulary words.
specialize, profit, wage, overhead, competition, marketing