I just wanted to remind parents that we have four quarters this year, instead of three trimesters. We are already half-way through the first quarter. We have less grades because there are shorter marking periods, and that means there may be less time to raise grades at the end. The first quarter ends on October 26th.
A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- We are moving onto lesson five, with a test still on Friday.
Social Studies- We are beginning chapter five. We will be learning about how England colonized the Americas.
Reading- We are beginning a non-fiction unit with the theme "Fury of a Storm." Students will be learning to ask more thought-provoking or "thick" questions while they read. Last week students were assigned their book project for this quarter, which is a Memory Bag Project on a realistic fiction. The book project is due October 16th.
Language Arts- We have moved our unit one test on sentences to Monday. On Tuesday we will begin unit five which focuses on punctuation.
Science- We will continue to read chapter five. Students will finish their lesson on plants and move on to food-webs and ecosystems.
Mastny's Math- Our "Calendar Math" is due, and our chapter two test will be on Tuesday. We will then be moving on to chapter three on division.
*Monday students are running the mile in gym.
*Friday taffy apple orders are due.
Have a great weekend!
