Things to Remember:
Friday, October 1 - Bingo Night - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. - Multi-Purpose Room
Monday, October 4 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m.
Chess Club - Last Names A-G & S-Z - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Wednesday, October 6 - 4th and 5th Grade Choir - 7:15 to 7:50 a.m. Chess Club - Last Names - H-R - 2:30 to 3:25 p.m.
Friday, October 8 - Taffy Apple Orders are due
Monday, October 11 - No School/Columbus Day
Math -This week in math we will review the addition properties and writing and evaluating addition and subtraction expressions (lesson 3.1 and 3.2). Throughout the week the students will write and solve addition and subtraction equations. They will also use patterns to find a rule for a number relationship and write an equation for the rule (lesson 3.3 and 3.5) There will be a test on Friday which will review addition and subtraction with regrouping and estimation along with the skills from chapter 3 lessons 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.
Spelling - This week in spelling the students will be working with words that have the short "u" as in brush/ "yoo" as in juice/ "oo" as in threw. There will be a test on Friday.
Reading This week in reading our story is “Finding the Titanic” by Robert D. Ballard.
The reading strategy that we will focus on is text organization.
Many non-fiction authors 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.
English The students will learn to capitalize and punctuate abbreviations for titles, addresses, months, and days. They will be writing a short story on Thursday which I will use to assess their knowledge of capitalization of people, places, pets, and things along with abbreviations and ending punctuation.
Social Studies - If anyone has any special things that they have collected from a trip to any state in the Northeast Region please feel free to send in to share with the class. The students will be making maps of the Northeast Region which will show the different mountain ranges that make up the Appalachian Trail in the Northeast Region. They will also learn about the differences in the coastline as they travel from Maine to New Jersey.
Science - The following concepts will be covered over the next couple of weeks. How are animals classified? with backbones (vertebrates) without backbones (invertebrates) What are the five groups of vertebrates? Can you tell some facts about each group? (fish,mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles) What are some of the groups of invertebrates? (sponges, mollusks, worms, arthropods) Which is the largest group of invertebrates? ( arthropods- these are insects, crustaceans, and spiders)
