Halloween

 Halloween Party

Thank you so much to our parent volunteers for putting on such a wonderful class party!

Look at this Week:

ELA:  

Writer's Workshop:  We will continue to revise our narratives.  Students will be making sure that they have all the elements of a short story in their writing.

Reading Skills:  We will finish reading "The Science Behind Sight," and will be working on our summarizing skills.

Essential Question:  How do people and animals use their senses to navigate the world?

Essential Vocab: perception, aroma, distinguish, tactile

Word Work: Students will continue to work with our new vocabulary words, by defining the word, drawing a picture of the word, finding synonyms and antonyms, and writing them in sentences.  Our vocabulary words are luminous, transparent, reflect, illuminates, and judge.  They will also continue to work on the spelling of words with short and long -o vowel sounds.

Science:  We will be exploring different Mystery Science lessons that are fall themed.

Social Studies:  We have taken a break from studying the Midwest this last week and have instead done a short unit on voting.  We have discussed different class topics, created arguments, and chosen candidates to run for a mock election.  On Monday we will have our class debate and vote.

Math: Students continue to work on multiplication of double digits numbers.  This week we will practice using our double and halving strategies.  

Important Days this Week:

Tuesday- No School

October STEM Challenge

 Building a Soccer Ball 

Testing a Soccer Ball 

Math Stations

 Group Ratio Tables

Halloween Breakout

A Peek at this Week

Math Review

STEM Planning

Look at this Week:

ELA:  

Writer's Workshop:  We will continue to revise our narratives.  Students will also be focusing on adding sensory details to their writing.

Reading Skills: Students are wrapping up Module 1, and will begin Module 2: "Come to Your Sense."

Essential Question:  How do people and animals use their senses to navigate the world?

Essential Vocab: luminous, transparent, reflect, illuminates, judge

Word Work: Students will continue to work with our new vocabulary words, by defining the word, drawing a picture of the word, finding synonyms and antonyms, and writing them in sentences.  They will also continue to work on the spelling of words with short and long -i vowel sounds.

Science: Students are creating a soccer ball for our October STEM challenge.  They have read about soccer balls, created science teams, and have planned their construction.  This week they will be building and testing their soccer balls.

Social Studies:  Students will continue to study the Midwest.  We will continue to look at South and North Dakota.  

Math: Students continue to work on multiplication of double digits using arrays, base ten blocks, and arrays.  They will also continue to review multiplying by powers of ten.

Peek at this Week

Narrative Writing:  Drafting

Playground Cleanup

 Look at this Week:

ELA:  

Writer's Workshop:  We will begin revising our narratives.  Students will work on writing different leads to their stories and using transition words in their writing.

Reading Skills: Students will continue studying their first unit in Reading: "What makes us who we are?" We will finish discussing the story, The Year of the Rat.  We will continue to practice asking questions as we read, and will continue to discuss author's purpose.

Essential Question:  How do your experiences help shape your identity?

Essential Vocab: identity, experience, pursuit, wisdom

Word Work: Students will continue to work with our new vocabulary words, by defining the word, drawing a picture of the word, finding synonyms and antonyms, and writing them in sentences.  New vocabulary words include:  ancient, heritage, resolutions, doubts, relying, clumsy, and awkward.

Science: We will be using Mystery Science videos and STEM activities to help students become more inquisitive and curious about the world around them.  We will begin to discuss the science behind creating sports' equipment.

Social Studies:  Students will continue to study the Midwest.  We will continue to look at the physical features and waterways of the Midwest.  We will also continue to discuss Hispanic Heritage month and learn about different Latin American countries.

Math: Students will be taking their Unit 1 assessment on Thursday of this week.  We will be reviewing the different strategies to model multiplication, factors, prime/composite numbers and multiples.  Students will receive a new copy of the pre-assessment which will serve as their study guide for the test.

Important Days:

Wednesday- Early Dismissal