Hi parents! Just a couple of reminders about our upcoming week:
Monday, October 1, 2012
Students will be running the half mile - wear comfortable clothes
Sign and return The Lost and Found reading test
Choir - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Chess Club - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Project Challenge - 2:35 to 3:45 p.m.
Art Adventures - 4th & 5th Grade - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Project Challenge Parent Meeting - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Project Challenge - 2:35 to 3:45 p.m.
Art Adventures - 4th & 5th Grade - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Project Challenge Parent Meeting - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Bring "Me Bag" items for presentations
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Chess Club - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Chess Club - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Bring "Me Bag" items for presentations
Friday, October 5, 2012
Deadline for Taffy Apple Orders
Deadline for Taffy Apple Orders
Here is our upcoming week in a nutshell:
MATH
This week we are focusing on chapter 2 (addition and subtraction). Concepts covered will be addition strategies, subtraction concepts, expressions and variables, and addition and subtraction sentences. There will be a check your progress (CYP) on lessons 1-5 in chapter 2 on Thursday, October 4. A timed subtraction test is on Friday.
READING
We will focus on the reading strategy inferring. The students will be reading Mulan, supplemental short stories, and possibly novels to extend their practice of understanding what they read. Students will learn new vocabulary words from the story Mulan. There will be a Mulan vocabulary test on Friday, October 5th.
ENGLISH
We will finish writing our Three Favorite Things paper. Students will be assigned a day to present their paper and "Me" bag. They will be graded on their presentation. A rubric will be handed out on Monday, October 1st on how they will be graded. Then we will begin a descriptive writing unit.
SCIENCE
We will be wrapping up the study of chapter 9 on the water cycle. Look for a study guide to come home. There will be a test on October 15th.
SPELLING
Monday: List 6 pretest
Homework: everyone does cursive worksheet. Students must trace the word and write it twice.
Tuesday: Homework: Challenge - Activity 1 in Spelling Journal
Non-challenge - ABC order in Spelling Journal
Wednesday: Homework: Challenge - Activity 2 in Spelling Journal
Non-challenge - workbook pages 102 & 103
Have a wonderful weekend!
