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We had quite a week of celebration!  Thank you so much to those of you who came and helped, sent in treats, or decorations.  It was a much needed celebration of all of our hard work over the last quarter J

 

Math:  Last week was the beginning of Singapore Math Unit 3 with a focus on fractions.  Although this is a review for some students, it is good to refresh our memories and we have also been practicing how to use our new skills in problem solving.  This week we will work on adding/ subtracting/ multiplying, and dividing with fractions and mixed numbers.  We also will start looking at the connection between fractions and units of measure.

 

Literature:  Our literature celebration was a huge success.  We were able to taste some new food and some of our students had the opportunity to play chess for the first time.  Thanks to a few of the kids, I am finally learning as well!  This week we will start reading The Hobbit.  Because this can be a challenging book, it will be done entirely as a read aloud.  We will still work on literature skills, but all reading will be done in class.

 

Writing: We have spent quite a bit of time learning all the jobs of nouns in sentences and have continued perfecting our sentence diagramming skills.  This week we will begin looking at prepositions, linking verbs, and nouns used as appositives.  It is very important that students bring home their writing spiral each night to help with their homework as that is where all of our notes are taken.

 

 

Spalding:  Our words are getting a little more challenging, so please be sure that your child is writing each word three times nightly. 

 

Science: We continued working on our cell analogy posters last week and also learned about the types of animal cells.  We will be going over the study guide in class today and will be testing over animal cells tomorrow.  We have a short unit on plant cells coming next.

 

History: Last week we looked at Leonardo Da Vinci and his work and how it impacted the Renaissance.  We should be finishing this unit this week and will review for the test next week.

 

 

Important Dates:

 

11/5: 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.

 

We are running low on glue sticks!

Here are few pictures of our awesome literary characters, thanks for helping to make this a fun day!