Reading We will continue to read Charlotte's Web. The students will bring home their books to read. You may want them to read some of the chapters aloud to you so you can discuss with them what is happening in the story and what traits they would use to describe a character and why.

The reading focus will be on cause/effect this week. We will contiue to work on character traits and vocabulary development.

Spelling This week's spelling unit is a review of the patterns we have learned so far. The test will be in a format where they will be given several words and they will have to pick the word out that is misspelled. They should study the words from their spelling unit 8 as well as review all of the patterns they have learned throughout. Some of the words will not be in this list, and they will have to just know the pattern to be able to apply it.


English This week the students will learn about the subject and predicate of a sentence. This is a review from last year, but it is a difficult concept for the students to understand. Any help that you can give them at home will be great.

Social Studies This week the students will learn about he people of the Northeast. We will travel back in time to the early 1600's when the Native American tribes lived in the Northeast, in particular the Narragansett people from Rhode Island. The students will learn about the homes, government, society, and food of the Narragansett people and how thier lives were affected when the European settlers arrived.

We will journey into the 1700's and the students will identify events leading from colonization up to the founding of the United States. (1. Colonies were established. 2. Colonies revolted against England. 3. Colonial leaders wrote The Declaration of Independence. 4. U.S. delegates wrote the Constitution 5. U.S. capital was established at New York City 6. The Capital was moved to Philadelphia and then to Washingtron, D.C. in 1800.)

Math We will have a test on Wednesday of this week over chapter 2 addition and subtraction of higher numbers. They will also be tested on their estimation skills and on solving problems using money. The children should bring home their textbook so they can review the problem solving throughout and then do some of the extra practice at the back of the chapter.

This week there will be a timed test in multiplication. I will begin with the 2x's tables and then follow in order . They will take a timed test up to facts of 12. Each test will be 26 problems in 1 minute time. Then they will do a mixed timed test of 40 problems in 2 minutes.

Science Please check Mrs. Sulima's blog for the science news.

Reminder: Picture retakes will be on October 30th. If your child wants to have his/her picture redone, just have them return the packet on October 30th.