IMPORTANT DATES:
September 11th – Magazine Kick Off Assembly
September 11th – Back to School Bingo Night
September 12th – Market Day Pick Up
September 14th – Beginner Band Parent Information Meeting (7:00 pm)
Spelling The rule this week is when a word ends with a silent -e, do not drop the -e before you add an ending that begins with a consonant. There will be a test on Friday over the unit words. Homework every night is to write the words one time each.
English This week the students will go over capitalization of names of places and things. They will also go over abbreviations.
*** There will be a quiz over abbreviations of the days of the week and the months on Friday of this week. They will bring home a review sheet to help them practice on Wednesday.
Reading The students are using their predication skills to solve "Puzzlers". They are given a made up word which stands for something. They have to use the clues that I give them to figure out what the word is. You might want to ask them about the "Puzzler" that we did on Friday. Ask them what "The Blog" was. It will surprise you. Ask them how they figured out what it was.
They will also be working with prefixes, suffixes and rootwords this week along with figuring out probable outcomes to a story by using context and picture clues.
Science This week the students will discover what certain observation tools are used for. They will also practice finding the volume of a solid object.
Social Studies We will begin our government unit this week. The students will complete a "Patriotic Quest" as they use their textbook to locate information about our country's government.
Math - This week the students will work on the problem solving strategy using logical reasoning. Please refer to their folder for examples of different ways to use logical reasoning if your child needs help.
***There will be a test on Thursday of this week over Chapter 1. They will have homework that will help them to review the concepts that were taught through out the chapter. They should also bring their textbook home on Tuesday evening to study and keep it at home until Friday. They will not need to bring it to class until Friday.
