Dates to Remember:
Monday & Tuesday, October 29-30 Parent Teacher conferences
Wednesday, October 31- Halloween Party 1:00 parade
Monday, November 5-No School Parent/Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, November 6 - No School- Teacher Institute
Math- This week we will continue to work on multiplication facts. The students should be working on their squares, twos, fives, 3's and 4's this week week. They will should know the terms: factors(numbers being multiplied), products (answer to a multiplication equation), dividend (the number that is being divided), divisor (the number that is doing the dividing) and quotient (answer to a division problem).
Spelling - This week in spelling the focus will be on more long and short vowel sounds. The students will work on WB pages 90-101 or activities. There will be a test on Friday of this week.
Reading Mysteries will be the focus in reading next week. We
will begin by learning vocabulary words that are typically associated with
mysteries, such as “suspect”, “evidence” and “suspense”. All students will read
and study “The Case of the Purloined Pachyderm”. While reading this mystery,
and other mystery stories, students will be studying the format of a mystery,
and using the reading strategies of monitoring and clarifying. Students will
take a mystery vocabulary QUIZ on 11/1.
English - We will work on using quotation marks and titles correctly. There will be an English test on Chapter 5 Capitalization and Punctuation on Friday of this week. There will be homework each evening to help the students review and study for the test.
Social Studies This week we will learn the culture of the Native Americans who once lived in the Northeast Region, the Narragansett and the Iroquois. The students will learn and understand how their life changed after the Europeans moved in.
Science - The students will be finishing their invertebrate posters this week. There will be a science test over chapter 1 lesson 3 on Wednesday of this week. (How Animals are Classified)
They should know:
all vocabulary
two groups that the animal kingdom is classified into
5 animal classes of vertebrates and be able to tell at least two physical traits of each
know examples of each of the classes of vertebrates
Know the traits of arthropods and be able to identify some
insect traits
body parts of an insect
understand what an exoskeleton is
