<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Room 315 Weekly Update</span></strong>

<strong>Jan. 25, 2010 – Jan. 29, 2010</strong>
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<strong>Math</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">This week we will continue estimating whether a product is in the tens, hundreds, thousands, or more, practice the partial products method for 1-digit multipliers, learn about how to extend the partial products to 2-digit numbers, and review the lattice method for multiplication with 1- and 2-digits.   </td>
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<strong>Science</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">This week we will build a circuit to test whether objects are conductors or insulators, and we will be looking at mystery boards to see if we could figure out which boards are conductors. We will build a circuit to find out how many batteries it takes to make 2 bulbs shine brightly, and we will do an experiment to see how many bulbs can operate on a single battery.   </td>
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<strong>Language Arts</strong></td>
<td width="506" valign="top">We will learn the new spelling words for our story “The Milkmaid and her pail”. The words are: <strong>horrible, tower, plow, joint, poison, outside, destroy, birth, urgent, thirst, serve, library, narrate, nightmare, prepare, harvest, shower, pearl, bound, and customer. </strong>We will also learn about the elements of a fable and how to use prior knowledge to find the purpose in a story. We will have the spelling test and the comprehension test on Thursday.</td>
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<td width="506" valign="top">This week we will learn about how the people of the United States live and work together to make a strong nation. We will also be working on our Time for Kids.  </td>
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<td width="638" valign="top"><strong>Homework:</strong>  

<strong>Monday</strong> – Study Links 5.4, Math coach pg. 17-20, Science coach pg. 42-47, write definitions for spelling words.

<strong>Tuesday</strong> – Study Links 5.5, Science coach pg. 120-123, read at least 30 min.  

<strong>Wednesday</strong> – Study Links 5.6, Math coach pg. 21-24, Science coach pg. 139-141, study for comprehension and spelling tests on “The Milkmaid” story, read at least 30 min.   

<strong>Thursday</strong> – Study Link 5.7, Science coach pg. 67-72, read at least 30 min.</td>
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<td width="638" valign="top"><strong>Reminders:</strong>

-Friday, January 29<sup>th</sup> marks the end of the second quarter. Students have until Wednesday, January 27<sup>th</sup> to hand in any missing/late assignments.

- There will be no classes on Friday, January 29<sup>th</sup>.  </td>
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