Weekly Reminders:*Arboretum Field Trip on Monday. Please bring a sack lunch/drink. Also wear long pants and good walking shoes.
*Lesson 3 Spelling Pretest on Monday.
*District-wide Magazine Drive Kick-off on Monday.
*Early Dismissal on Tuesday. We dismiss at 11:00.
*Picture Day on Thursday.
*Lesson 3 Spelling Test on Friday.
*Plant Test on Friday.
*Social Studies Test on Monday, Sept. 24.
English:
We will continue our unit on capitalization and punctuation. Our lessons this week will cover commas in a series, more uses for commas, and an introduction to quotation marks.
Reading:
The children will begin writing their own picture books this week. They will have the choice of writing an expository or narrative picture book. By Thursday, they should know which format they will be writing. This week our focus will be on researching for those who are doing an expository or writing a rough draft for those choosing narrative.
Science:We will begin the week by finishing our study of the life cycle of a bean plant. The children will fill out a "how to study" sheet on Wednesday to help them know how to study for our test which will be on Friday. We will play a review game in class on Thursday to also help us prepare for this test.
Social Studies:
The children are learning about rights and responsibilities of United States citizens. On Thursday, we will fill out a "how to study" sheet for our test which will be on Monday, Sept. 24. This test will cover Chapter 2, lessons 2 and 3 only.
Math (For my math students only!):Wow! Can you believe we have already finished our first unit in math. On Tuesday, we will play a couple games to continue our study of place value. On Wednesday, we will do a chapter review together. This would be a great study tool. Our Place Value test will be on Thursday. Don't forget, if you fill out at least 3 ways you studied for the test on the "how to study" sheet and return it on the day of the test with a parent signature, you will receive 2 bonus points. On Friday, the children will take a pretest for chapter 2 on Addition and Subtraction.
