Upcoming Events
- Finally a regular school week
Reminders
- Please send warm clothing for recess.
- NO MORE SHORTS!
November 5-9
Religion – Our Wax Museum was a huge success! Thank you so much for supporting your child by helping to put together a costume and listening to him/her practice his/her speech! We are so proud of all of the students! We also started our unit on the Liturgical Calendar in preparation for the church new year beginning the first week of Advent.
Reading/Language Arts – We will continue with mini lessons on the comprehension strategies next week. Many students are well on their way to their 40 books! Keep on reading!
Math – We continue to work in Unit 3 - Geometry. Lots of new vocabulary is being introduced. Your child can review his/her spiral each night as well as the studyguide they are creating to reinforce the concepts covered in class. We began using a half-size protractor this week to measure angles to the nearest degree. Continued practice of basic math facts will improve accuracy and speed.
Social Studies - We will quiz over Lesson 3 on Monday, American Indians and their Cultural Regions. Students have been reading all about the different regions American Indians settled and how they adapted to that area, what artifacts they left behind, their homes, and animals they ate. We will be switching gears soon back to science.
Language Arts – We spent the week listening to examples of personal narrartives writtem by Jerry Spinelli and using them to help us brainstrom ideas for our own narratives. We discussed the importance of sensory details, dialogue, and choosing “seed” topics vs. “watermelon” topics. This will continue next week. We also started a Grammar Unit on Nouns. We’ve discussed that nouns include more than just a person, place, or thing-they include thoughts, feelings, and ideas as well. We also looked at singular and plural nouns and common and proper nouns. Next week we will look at possessive nouns. Watch for a test date over Nouns soon!
Spelling – Rule: Prefixes: -in (not), -im(not), mis (wrong, bad), and -il (not).
