1. Britton’s and Wilson’s BREAKING NEWSletter
January 23rd-27th
ELA:
 We are going to read a nonfiction text titled Homes. Students will learn how to identify various text features in nonfiction texts. We are going to finish revising and begin publishing our final draft. In grammar, our skills for the week are adverbs and quotation marks.
Vocabulary:
Secure: “safe and protected.”
Durable: If something is durable, it is tough. It can last a long time even if it is used a lot.
Texture: “how a material feels—for example, rough or smooth.”
Hazardous: means “dangerous.”
Convenient: If something is convenient, it is useful because it makes our lives easier or more comfortable. Detect: “discover or notice something that is not easy to see, hear, or feel.”
Math:
Our math skill this week is fractions larger than 1, ex. 5/2.
Announcements:
Yearbooks are on sale for $35. Get yours now. Yearbook signing party at the end of the year.
Make up day for our snow day is Feb. 17th.
Join Remind by to This is how we send out reminders/announcements.
I can statements: I can tell time to the last minute and calculate intervals of time. I can visualize from a passage. I can ask and answer questions about a passage. I can reread for information. I can recognize a pronoun.
Test Dates:
Math: ISP on Tuesday, Jan. 24th.
ELA: No tests this week.
Please encourage your child to practice skills on mobymax.com as much as possible!
Math Homework
Mon. – Review Practice page
Tues.- Review Practice page
Wed.- Review Practice page
Thurs. – Review Practice page
Be sure to encourage your child to read each night. They should be reading at least 20 minutes. Ask your child about what they are reading and what is happening in their book. They love to share their reading knowledge with you!
ELA Homework Packet due THURSDAY  .

2. Britton’s and Wilson’s BREAKING NEWSletter
Math
I can:
Recognize the value of a fraction larger than 1, for ex. 5/2.
multiply and divide using 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s,4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 8’s, and 10’s.
Helpful Websites:
I can statements: I can tell time to the last minute and calculate intervals of time. I can visualize from a passage. I can ask and answer questions about a passage. I can reread for information. I can recognize a pronoun.
ELA Standards
I can:
Ask and answer questions about a text
Determine the main idea of a text and explain the key details and explain how they support the main idea
Determine the meaning of words and phrases used in a text
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations in writing.