Happy last week of summer! I can’t believe that fall starts later this week (even though the temperatures won’t make it feel that way)! Here is our upcoming week:

Monday: read 20 minutes
Tuesday: read 20 minutes, p.e.
Wednesday: read 20 minutes, p.e., Early dismissal at 1:50
Thursday: read 20 minutes
Friday: read 20 minutes, spelling test

Science: We will continue our discussion on how fossils are formed and then discover how scientists used fossils to discover that all 7 continents used to be connected into 1 super continent called Pangea. We will then begin looking at how the plates have moved over time to get to where they are today. You can practice some of these ideas below:
1. Legends of Learning Fossil Games
2. Pangea Online Game
3. Plate Movement Online Activity

Reading: This week we will look at text features found in nonfiction texts. Text features are things that authors add to make it easier to understand a text. These include maps, diagrams, charts, etc. Students can practice with text features below:
1. Balloon Pop Text Features Game
2. Text Features Matching Game
3. Tiny Tap Game

Spelling: Our words this week have vowel teams and dipthongs in them. They include:
increase
yesterday
acquaint
achievement
reproach
marrow
virtue
continue
betray
array

You can practice your words at spellingcity.com and spellingtraining.com!