Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Thank you to those of you who brought in money or food for Adopt-A-Family last week! We set a goal to collect 100 items and we are already at 94 items! We will reach our goal in no time!

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: This week we will be working on developing opinion essays. The students will work on generating essay ideas and work on elaborating those ideas using thinking prompts.

Reading: In reading we will continue to focus on forming summaries of both fiction and non-fiction books.  Please continue to ask your children to summarize what they read during their ten minutes of reading.

Word Study: Due to some changes in our schedule last week, the students will be getting new words today. Their tests will be tentatively scheduled for November 24.

Social Studies: This week we are reviewing the Louisiana Purchase. They will test on Thursday. They have their study guides with them, and we will work on filling them out together today.

Math: We will continue working on multiplication. We will learn how to solve multi-step word problems and use tables to help solve problems. The math test will be this Friday, November 14.

Important Reminders:
11/11 - Veteran's Day assembly 9:00
11/12 - early release
11/10-11/14 - Adopt a Family, paper products
11/17-11/21 - Blue Ribbon week! Each day will have a different theme for the students to participate in.

Lewis and Clark

The students learned a ton about Lewis and Clark last week from Mrs. Jardon! 

Kids Voting

Tuesday the students participated in Kids Voting. They were given a ballot in the library and made their own decisions!

Weekly Happenings

Hello! I hope you all had a great Halloween Weekend! The Fall Festival was a success, and the students had a ton of fun! Also, thank you all for coming to conferences. It was great getting to discuss the wonderful things about your child! 
This week we are back to another full week of learning! 

Here is what's happening this week:

Writing: This week we are starting opinion essays. We will be learning the structure of essays and begin thinking about our topics. I am excited to see what topics they come up with!

Here is the basic structure of their essays. 

Reading: This week we will be wrapping up inferring. We will also start working on summarizing texts. Please encourage your child to give a short summary after their ten minutes of reading.

Word Study: Their word study contracts are due Thursday, October 6. Purple and Green groups will test this Wednesday. Blue and Orange groups will test this Thursday.

Social Studies: Mrs. Jardon will be here this week to teach the students all they need to know about the Louisiana Purchase! She is an expert and has a lot of interesting information to share!

Math: We are starting chapter 5 this week. Chapter 5 covers two-digit by two-digit multiplication. Please continue practicing multiplication facts with your child!

Important Updates:
11/3 - Adopt-A-Family Kicks off
11/7 - Jingles for Jammies 
11/11 - Veteran's Day
11/12 - Early Release
11/17 - Academic All Star, 6:00

Halloween Party

Our Halloween Party was a hit! Thank you to everyone who helped! 

Pumpkin Run

We had a great time and the Pumpkin Run!!

Halloween Parade

Our class showed off heir wonderful costumes at the parade.