Welcome to Mrs. Boyce's Web Page
Weekly Procedures:
1. Every day the students will copy their homework into their planners, bring the planner to me to sign, and then they will need to have you sign off that they have completed their homework for that night.
2. Monday nights the students will bring home the weekly news letter. Please make sure you look for this and keep it somewhere safe. All important information about the class will be listed in the newsletter. Including test and quiz dates.
3. Tuesday folders will come home Tuesday night. Please check through the papers and sign the back of the folder. Unless a paper specifically states that it needs to be returned, you may keep them all at home.
Language Arts:
Reading: This year we are focusing on Main Idea and Details, Cause and Effect, Drawing Conclusions, Characteristics of different Genres, Author's Purpose, and Story Elements. Please encourage your child to read with you nightly and discuss each of these topics when you read together. Some questions may be:
1. Why do you think the author wrote this story? They should answer with one of the author's purpose's that we discussed in class: to entertain, to inform, or to pursuade.
2. What genre of literature is this book? (Fiction, Non-fiction, Biography, Poetry . . .)
3. What is the problem in this story?
4. Who are the main characters?
5. How did the author feel about the main character? How did you know?
Also, ask your child about the difference between non-fiction and realistic fiction.
Writing
We are focusing on the Traits of good writing:
Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, Presentation
We are working with these traits to improve our writing. Currently, we are focusing on Persuasive Friendly Letters as well as Expository pieces.
Math
We are now in Unit 8 ~ Fractions
Please review the Family letter for an in-depth look at what we will be studying.
Social Studies
Economics
Use chapters 7-9 in your Social Studies book as a great reference tool.
Vocabulary:
Goods, Services, Producers, Consumers, Scarcity, Barter, Natural Resource, Capital Resource, Human Resource, Limited Resource, Choice, Opportunity Cost, Interdependence, and Specialization
Science:
We will start the next unit in a few weeks. We will be looking at the following cycles:
~phases of the moon
~Seasons (revolution)
~Day and Night (rotation)
~Tides
~Water Cycle
Dates:
Spring Break: March 24- March 28
Pat Young Field Trip: March 31st (in-school)
Thank you for all of your support!!!!!!
Please feel free to contact me by e-mail:
courtney.boyce@vbschools.com
I will respond to all e-mails as soon as I can.
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