“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
Important Information
Monday is our Fall Party. It is also a dress down day, so children should wear orange. If your family celebrates Halloween, I wish you a happy Halloween. There will be no homework on Monday.
In class, we are finishing up 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.
We have made plans for our first field trip of the year. We will be going to see the Wizard of Oz at the Belmore Theater on Friday, April 21st with the 4th and 5th grades. I know it is a long way off, but I wanted you to be aware. I will be sending out the permission slip in February.
Academics
Math: This week we will continue to focusing on the Identity Property of Multiplication, the Zero Property of Multiplication, the Distributive Property and the Associative Property of Multiplication. We are also focusing on learning our multiplication facts, so please practice them with your child every day.
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 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
- Prefixes: un- and re-
- Week 1 Spelling Words
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- Long i: I, ie, igh, i_e, y
- Long u: u, u_e, ew
- Structural Analysis: Plural Words with y to Is
- sky
- fry
- pie
- tied
- tight
- right
- bright
- grind
- child
- cube
- cute
- mule
- music
- drew
- few
- coast
- scold
- bone
- might
- Utah
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- Week 1 Grammar
- Kinds of nouns
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday Spelling Test
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]