“Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou

Important Information

Thank you to our class parents for our wonderful Fall party. The children really enjoyed the treats and craft.

November is full of short school weeks. Election Day is on Tuesday, so if you haven’t voted yet, please make sure you exercise your right and get out and vote.  Next Tuesday there is no school as we are honoring our veterans on Veteran’s Day.

Please continue to work with your child to memorize his/her multiplication facts. Please review them nightly.

Academics

Math: We are finishing up our module on the Identity Property of Multiplication, the Zero Property of Multiplication, the Distributive Property, the Associative Property of Multiplication, and patterns. We are having the test on Wednesday.

ELA:  For Unit 2, Week 2 our essential question is “How do people make government work?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.

• Genre: Expository Text
• Shared Reading: Every Vote Counts
• Anchor Text: Vote!
• Paired Selection: A Plan for the People
• Comprehension: Reread
• Headings and Bar Graphs
• Author’s Purpose
• Author’s Claim
• Vocabulary Words
  • announced
  • candidates
  • convince
  • decisions
  • elect
  • estimate
  • government
  • independent

Spelling: Our spelling words are as follows: wrap, wrists, wrote, wreck, wring, write, wreath, knit, knife, knight, knock, knee, gnome, sign, gnaws, heel, weak, field, wristwatch, and knapsack

Religion: We are continuing our work on our Seasons of Gratitude file folder project.

Social Studies:  We are learning about how people modify their environments.

Science: In this lesson, students investigate the patterns of motion exhibited by a trapeze. In the activity, Trapeze Tester, students build a model trapeze. They make observations and take measurements of the motion of that model and use that data to predict the motion of a real trapeze.

TEST and QUIZZES

Wednesday   Math Test

Friday Reading Comprehension Test

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