Weekly Spotlight:
*Spelling pretest on Monday.
*Early Dismissal on Thursday, 11:00.
*Time For Kids Quiz on Friday.
*Spelling test on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30. I will send out reminder emails.
*Halloween Parade (1:00) and Party (1:30) on Wednesday, October 31.
*No school on Monday, November 5.
*No school on Tuesday, November 6 - Teacher Institute.
*No school on Monday, November 12 - Veteran's Day.
*Bingo Night on Friday, November 16 - Mrs. Sulima will be attending!!
* No School on Wednesday, November 21 thru Friday, November 23 - Thanksgiving Break
*All School Roller Skating Party on Monday, November 26 - 3:45 to 6:30 p.m.
*Picture Retakes on Thursday, November 29.
Homeroom Happenings:
Spelling - This week's spelling test and activity grades will be on second quarter, but we will still follow the same procedure as first quarter. Next week, October 29, we will change our procedure. Watch next week's blog for more information.
English - We will finish our lessons on verbs this week. The lessons we will cover are: The Past with Helping Verbs, Irregular Verbs, The Special Verb Be, and Contractions. We will fill out our "how to study" sheet on Friday for our test on Wednesday, October 31. All enrichment will be due on the day of the test.
Science - The children will finish their Vertebrate and Invertebrate Slide Shows this week. They have been having a blast creating these presentations. We will share them throughout the week.
Social Studies - Our focus this week will be on Chesapeake Bay. The children should review the vocabulary from all 3 lessons. We will have an open book quiz on lesson 3 on Monday, October 29. Our test on Chapter 4, lessons 1-3 will be on Thursday, November 1.
Reading - Our 3rd book club is on Monday. Please make sure your child come prepared with their novel and Book Discussion packet. Our final book club discussion will be on Monday, October 29.
Last week we reviewed many examples of figurative language and focused on "alliteration." The children will be writing a fall poem this week that will need to include alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery. A grading sheet will be in your child's binder on Tuesday. We will be writing and word processing these poems at school.
Mrs. Sulima's Math Spotlight:
Monday - Review Friday's lesson and Estimating Products. HW: WB pg. 18 and review for chapter 2, lesson 1-4 quiz tomorrow.
Tuesday - Chapter 4, lesson 1-4 quiz. Multiplying with Zeros in the Multiplicand. HW: WB pg. 19.
Wednesday - Multiplying by 2-digit numbers. HW: WB pg. 20 due Friday.
Thursday - No math due to early dismissal.
Friday - Multiplying by 3-digits. HW: Review for chapter 2, lesson 5-8 quiz on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
