November 19-30

This blog is for Thanksgiving week and the following week!

Trimester 1 ends Friday, November 16!

Important Dates:

11/21-11/25: No school due to Thanksgiving break

Spelling:

• A new list of words will go home Monday, November 26.  The test will be on 12/7 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We are beginning our second unit in reading called Culture and Traditions!
• This is a favorite of students, it will involve culture day later in the trimester. 
• We will finish up the last week of November with some reader's theater on the myths. We will also be working a lot in stations.

Social Science:

• We are well into our first unit of science. We are trying to answer the big question of how does a floating train work. In chapter one we are investigating how the train rises. We have learned that force is involved. We will continue with this after break and then move onto chapter 2: all about how the floating train moves. There is no chapter test as we learn, however we will have some graded things along the way. 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We have started unit 2: All about multiplication strategies. The students seem to really "get this" chapter and are excited to do it. We will not have the unit test until the last week of December. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and remember there are soooo many things to be thankful for! 

Week of November 5-9

We had a blast at our Halloween party! Thank you to the families that either donated or helped out, we couldn't have done it without you! Pictures were uploaded to the homeroom app.

Important Dates:  

11/21-23 No school

11/30- November reading log is due

Spelling:  

• A new list of words will go home Monday.  The test will be on 11/16 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We have finished up our haunted house writing and it was spooktacular!
• We will work next week on Myths and more informational reading along with finishing up adjectives.  

Social Science:

• We have finished with our social studies unit and will transition to Science. We will start with balancing forces. A parent letter will go home to explain about the new program as well as a science parent night November 6 from 6-7. (see link) Next generation Science Parent Night

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We will be having our unit 3 test on Friday, November 9th. A study guide went home Friday and will be due back on Wednesday, November 7th.