A Look at Next Week:
Spelling- Lesson 8 -0 or -1 will be in Challenge group
Monday - Pretest
Thursday- Spelling Homework Due
Friday - Spelling test
Social Studies- We will begin Chapter 5 - "The Struggle to Found Colonies"
Lesson 1 - 1607 Jamestown
Hard Times in Virginia, The Spanish Armada, John Smith, Self-Government in Virginia. We will continue with this lesson next week.
Reading- Non-Fiction Text Organization. We will: Identify thin and thick questions, compare and contrast the overall structure of information in texts (text structure, text features, graphic organizers), homonyms and multi- meaning words. Our theme for this unit is "Natures Fury". We will continue reading Earthquake Terror. We are also using a variety of Non-Fiction texts to reinforce these skills.
Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.
Reading Projects: The students are to read a REALISTIC FICTION book.
The students should create reading goals by setting a certain number of pages to be read each week. They will be making a memory bag to go along with their story and give a small presentation at the end. The final due date for the project is November, 7. (Only 3 weeks away!)
Language Arts- We will Continue with Chapter 2. We will learn about :Common and Proper Nouns, Writing with Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns, and Singular Possessive Nouns.
Science- We will begin Chapter 6 - Ecosystems and Change.
Lesson 1-"How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?" In this lesson we will learn about interactions in nature, symbiosis, predator-prey relationships.
Math- Chapter 2: Multiply Whole Numbers CHAPTER TEST IS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22.
The students should review their textbook, homework sheets and their notes in their spirals.They took a practice test in class on Friday and this should be helpful for them to practice. On Wednesday, we will begin Chapter 3.
L1- Relate Division to Multiplication- Using related multiplication facts to solve division problems and related division facts to solve multiplication problems.
L2- Division Models- Use models to represent and solve division problems.
L3- 2 Digit Dividends- Division of whole numbers involving a repeated process of dividing, multiplying and subtracting (both with and without remainders) We will also work on our quickness and fluency on our division facts!
OCTOBER 22 - MR. BLOCKER FOR JR. ACHIEVEMENT
OCTOBER 24 - EARLY DISMISSAL 11:00
OCTOBER 24 - BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY
OCTOBER 25- BINGO NIGHT 6:30
OCTOBER 31- HALLOWEEN PARADE 1:00/PARTIES 1:30
