“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. Also thank you to everyone who sent in something special for the children to celebrate Halloween.
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. On Friday, there is no school as we are honoring our veterans on Veteran’s Day.
During our last few weeks we have been enjoying the warm weather, but I think that after Tuesday, the weather should be more seasonal.
This week we are going back to the STEAM lab.
Mr. DeVries has started working with the children preparing them for our Christmas show. In the past, he has sent home lines for children to memorize, and I believe he will be doing that again this year. Please help your child memorize any lines that he or she might have.
Speaking of memorization, the children need to memorize their 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
Spelliing: This week’s words have the long e sound spelled:: e, ea, ee, e_e, ie, ey, y The words are heel, week, creek, free, green, street, freeze, seal, weak, bean, speaks, team, clean, cream, field, tight, tied, cute, sixteen, and peanut,
Science: We are focusing on forces in the STEAM lab this week. We will be exploring gravity, friction, and magnetic forces.
Religion: In support of Raise Craze, the class will be showing kindness by creating Thanksgiving place mats for our church “shut-ins” and local nursing homes.
TEST and QUIZZES
Wednesday Math Test
No Spelling test this week, it will be next Wednesday, November 15th
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]