“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller

Important Information

Friday is our Fall Party.  If your family celebrates Halloween, I wish you a happy Halloween.

Academics

Math: This week we will continue to focus on learning our multiplication facts, so please practice them with your child every day. We will also be exploring patterns on a multiplication chart.

ELA:  For Unit 2, Week 1 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.

• 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
• Prefixes: un- and re-

Spelling:  We are focusing on long e: The words are heel, week, creek, free, green, street, freeze, seal, weak, bean, speaks, team, clean, cream, field, tight, tied, cute, sixteen, and peanut.

Grammar: We are learning about complex and run-on sentences.

Phonics:  Our focus will be on long a, long i, and long o words and phonograms.

Religion: In class, we are working on our Seasons of Gratitude file folder project. We are thinking of all the people, places, and things we are grateful for. When all the projects are complete, we will be hanging them in the hallway.

TEST and QUIZZES

Friday   Spelling Test

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