Tuesday, October 20th – Art to Remember Order Packets are due
Wednesday, October 21st – Early Dismissal
Thursday, October 22nd – Book Fair – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Friday, October 30 - Teacher institute No School
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Halloween Party Schedule of Events:
October 29th
Kids should bring their costumes to school to change in.
12:30 parade.
1:00-1:30 Treats/ Pumpkin decorating/contest- in the classrooms - If anyone has any materials that can be used to decorate pumpkins please send them in.
1:30-2:15 Halloween story teller
Spelling- This week is a review unit of lessons 1-7. The children will be tested on any words from lessons 1-7.(not neccessarily the words listed on the spelling list sent home) The test is a multiple choice test. The children will be asked to find the word in each row that is misspelled.
Reading - This week the students will finish their literature books. They be assessed on their ability to use clues in the story to show character traits. They will also show their understanding of the sequence of events and problems and solutions in specific chapters. Understanding cause/effect relationships will also be studied this week.
English- The children will use an editing checklist to proofread and revise the descriptions of their special things. They will then write their final descriptions.
The students will also be working on sentences. They will learn about the subject and predicate of a sentence.
Social Studies - We will be studying the resources of the Northeast region. I am looking for volunteers to bring in:
grapes (washed and ready to eat)
jellied cranberries(taken out of the can and sliced ready to be served)
maple syrup
frozen mini pancakes (I will microwave them)
If anyone would like to send in one of these items for Wednesday please let me know.
A test over chapter 4 in social studies is planned for Thursday, October 29. Get a head start on studying. This week begin to review the vocabulary and
Know:
- how the Great Lakes and Niagra Falls were formed
- why Niagra Falls so important to the people of the northeast
- what mountain ranges make up the Appalacian Trail
- what the northeast coastlines are like as you begin north and move your way south. What are the different states (Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey) along the coast known for?
- the main resources of the northeast and the state they come from
What are the three main types of vascular plants?(flowering plants, plants with cones, and ferns that reproduce by spores)
Math - A test over chapter 3 is planned for Tuesday of this week. A pretest will go home on Monday for practice. We will then begin chapter 4 a unit on multiplication and division. The students will learn that muliiplication is repeated addition and division is repeated subtraction. They will learn the vocabulary quotient, dividend, divisor, product, and factor. Chapter 4, lessons 1 and 2 will be the focus this week.
Next week in math the students will be held responsible for learning specific facts each night. A sheet will go home explaining what they will need to do. The first night they will need to know their square numbers: 2 x 2, 3 x 3, 4 x 4 etc. (If you want to have your child begin studying, that will give them a head start)
