Language Arts- Last week our Essential question was, How can one person change the way you think?  We read 2 stories that were historical fiction and talked about how one person can inspire us to do better.  We read about a little girl that didn't want to learn to read until she met Abe Lincoln and the a boy that was not aloud in the library, because of his race, until a librarian snuck him in.  We worked on cause and effect, idioms, and visualizing the stories.  We also have been working on present-tense verbs and writing an opinion letter.

This week our Essential Question is, What do we know about Earth and its neighbors? This week we are reading 2 stories and will answer this essential question.  We are also focusing on summarizing, main and key details, and context clues within a text.  

Math- This week we will wrap up Topic 8, on using strategies and Properties to add and subtract .   Our test for this topic will be this Wednesday. 

Science-This past week we began reading on the different types of rocks there were. We will continue learning about the Earth and its resources. 

This Thursday and next Thursday we will be taking MAPS testing.