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It was great to finally have
five full days of school to focus on our curriculum. We achieved quite a bit and are ready for a
fun week with plenty of festivities.
Math: As some of
you may have heard we took two tests over Unit 2, although this was not part of
the initial plan, it worked out very well.
This was really my mistake and after discussing the content with my
colleagues I gave a new test that was a better representation of our areas of
focus. I was very pleased with the
results! We will be jumping right into
fractions on Monday.
Literature: After spending
the first quarter studying The
Chronicles of Narnia, we completed Voyage
of the Dawn Treader last week. The
test was quite challenging, so please be on the lookout for tests to come home
Monday for corrections. These will be
due by Wednesday. The kids are really excited to start The Hobbit! Because we have the Read-a-Thon and our
literature celebration, we are starting a short story called, The Farmer Giles of Ham, this will be a perfect way to introduce students to the style and work of
Tolkien.
Writing: We worked on peer editing last week, and the students completed a summary
of an excerpt based on Helen Keller’s autobiography. We will be focusing on grammar this week,
with an emphasis on direct objects and sentence diagramming. I will be sending home a list of the helping
verbs on Monday, and students should be prepared for a quiz on Thursday.
Spalding: The
students took a written phonogram review last week and they all did very well. We will begin our next list this week.
Science: Students have been working this week on their cell analogy posters,
these have been very creative! This will
be our last week learning about animal cells.
Cell note cards should have been completed this weekend and our goal is
to test over animal cells on Friday. We
will be completing a study guide in class this week that will be coming home
for study.
History: We spent the week discussing the Pope’s of the Renaissance
as well as looking at the beginning of Venice.
Next we will be looking at the life and work of Leonardo Da Vinci and
his impact on the Renaissance.
Reminders:
The Read-A-Thon is coming
October 31! This is a super fun day when
students and staff get to dress up as their favorite literary character from
our reading list while we enjoy literature together. I have asked the class to submit a plan to me
for their costume, so if your child is dressing up, make sure they have checked
in with me. Students are by no means
required to dress up, however, if they are don’t they should be in uniform.
A sign-up genius should be
coming out soon to come in and read to the class; we would love to have you
join us J
I will be at Barnes and
Nobles on Thursday from 4: OO to 4:30 to read, so if you are able, stop by and
see me!
Important
Dates:
10/29, 10/30: The Barnes and Noble Book Fair,
4-8 pm
10/31:
Read-A-Thon
10/5: Picture
Retakes
11/15: Fun
Run
Wish List:
Some students do not have
fine-tip black Sharpies (or Sharpie like pens ), if you see these on sale we
would love to have some extras, as we use these for projects.
Thank you so much for all of
your donations, we are doing well right now on wipes and hand sanitizer, but we
can always use Kleenex!
