“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

Important Information

Thank you all for the generous class gift. It was so kind of you. I also want to thank our class parents,  Mrs. Sandifer and Mrs. Yee, for organizing our class party. The children really enjoyed themselves.

We have a full week of learning in front of us! Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately to go outside during recess. Additionally, this is a great time to replenish pencils and other supplies. Quite a few children do not have pencils, and I am beginning to run low on my supply. Please check with your child.

We just finished our read aloud, The World According to Humphrey, and the children really enjoyed hearing all of Humphrey’s Plans.  Our next read aloud will be The One and Only Ivan.

Academics

Math: We are in Module 7 and continuing our work with division.  We are focusing on specific divisors and their relationship with multiplication. A reteach packet is going home on Monday. It is due back on Thursday. Our Module Test will be on Friday.

ELA:  For Unit 3, Weeks 3 and 4 our essential question is “What makes different animals unique?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.

• Genre: Folktale
• Shared Reading: Anansi Learns a Lesson
• Anchor Text: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
• Paired Selection: Get a Backbone!
• Visualize
• Theme
• Character Perspective
• Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
• Vocabulary Words
  • disbelief
  • dismay
  • fabulous
  • features
  • offered
  • splendid
  • unique
  • watchful
• Synonyms
• Idioms
• Week 3 Spelling Words
  • • r-Controlled Vowels
  • careful
  • stared
  • shared
  • pair
  • stairs
  • wear
  • bear
  • where
  • there
  • dear
  • rear
  • gear
  • here
  • career
  • peer
  • shore
  • carve
  • storm
  • square
  • clearly

Grammar: We are beginning our unit on verbs. I will be giving additional homework that reviews the work we complete together in class.

Social Studies:  We are learning about America’s first people and the early explorers. Some of the vocabulary we will be learning about include custom, longhouse, confederacy, cooperate, reservation, government, and tradition

Science: In this lesson, students analyze data from dinosaur fossils in order to provide evidence about the appearance and behavior of those dinosaurs when they were living.

TEST and QUIZZES

Friday  Math and Spelling Tests

Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org