Things to Remember:
Thursday, November 11 - No School Veterans' Day
Friday, November 12 -- End of Trimester
Tuesday, November 23 -- Report Cards
Wednesday, November 24, 25, 26 -- Thanksgiving Holiday -- No Schoool
Friday, December 3 -- Parent/Teacher Conferences -- No School
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 will be picture retake day. Any student that did not have their picture taken prior to this date may do so. They will be required to have a picture envelope with money to have a picture taken. Any student wishing to have a picture retaken will have to return the original picture packet for a retake.
Spelling The ou sound which can be spelled with ou or ow and the o sound which can be spelled with aw, au, or a before l will be the focus this week. There will be a test on Friday.
Math - There will be a test on Friday of this week over chapter 4 lessons 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8. They should also understand even and odd numbers. They should know that: When you multiply two even numbers you get an even number. When you mulitiply two odd numbers you get an odd number. When you multiply an even and an odd number you get an even number.
Reading This week, we will focus on two important reading strategies. The first reading strategy that we will discuss is to make predictions, or educated guesses about what will happen next in the story. The second reading strategy that we will apply is the use of inferences, or the ability to figure something out even though it isn't exactly stated in the story. Additionally, we will focus on sequencing events in literature.
English We will work on Possessive plural nouns this week and then review for the test which will be on Wednesday of this week. The test will be on nouns which is chapter 2. Homework will come home each night for the kids to practice. There is lots of extra practice at the end of the chapter.
Science In science this week the students will have an open book quiz which will cover the concepts that they have learned in chapter 2 lesson 2 & 3.
Social Studies - We will travel to the Southeast Region this week. The students will fill in a map for homework. They will be given a checklist so they know what to include in their maps. There will be a test on the states and the bodies of water in the Southeast Region on Friday. Extra points will be given if they can label the capitals of the states.
