Weekly Reminders:*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
*Taffy Apple orders are due Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*No school on Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day.
*Movie Night on Friday, October 15.
*Early Dismisssal on Wednesday, October 20.
*Book Fair the evening of Thursday, October 21.
*Halloween Parties on Friday, October 29.
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Exciting News: Our class earned a homeroom party! If your child has a G rated movie that he/she would like to share with the class, please have them bring it on Thursday. We will vote on our favorite. I thought it would be nice to have some popcorn with our movie. If anyone would be willing to send in popcorn, please let me know. We have 25 students.
Homeroom Happenings:
Science - We will move onto chapter 2. In lesson 2 (we are skipping lesson 1), we will learn about the life cycles of plants. This lesson will take more than one week. The quiz on this lesson will be sometime during the week of October 11.
Social Studies - Each child has chosen a state to research. Children will be using the Internet, encyclopedias, and trade books to find out as much as they can about their state. Each child will also have to choose how they are going to present their information. A list of choices will be given to the students on Monday.
Spelling - We will be working with a spelling list that parallels our weekly story. The words contain short u, /yoo/, or /oo/.
Spelling - We will be working with a spelling list that parallels our weekly story. The words contain short u, /yoo/, or /oo/.
English - Our study of verbs will continue. Our lessons will include: Subject-Verb Agreement, Spelling the present tense, Spelling the past tense, The Past with Helping Verbs, and Irregular Verbs.
**We will finish our Verb unit on Wednesday, October 13. Our test on Unit 3 will be on Monday, October 18. All enrichment work will be due the day of the test.**
Reading - Next week our story is “Finding the Titanic” by Robert D. Ballard. The reading strategy that we'll focus on is text organization. Many non-fiction author's organize their selections in time order. They also use features such as headings, pictures, captions, and charts to help the reader better understand the information.
Accelerated Math Menu:
Monday - Estimating Decimal Sums using Rounding. HW: Workbook pg. 94.
Tuesday - Adding More Decimals. HW: Workbook pg. 95.
Wednesday - Subtracting Decimals. HW: Workbook pg. 96 & "Check Your Progress" quiz tomorrow.
Thursday - "Check Your Progress" Quiz. HW: None.
Friday - Estimating Decimals Differences using Rounding. HW: Workbook pg. 97 (if not finished in class).
Thursday - "Check Your Progress" Quiz. HW: None.
Friday - Estimating Decimals Differences using Rounding. HW: Workbook pg. 97 (if not finished in class).
**We will finish chapter 8 on Tuesday, October 12. Our chapter 8 test will be on Friday, October 15.**
