A beautiful fall week ahead!

Santa's New Suit

Monday in folders you will see a "decorate a Santa paper".  We will be dong activities in class with this after Thanksgiving, including a story and a writing project.  I will be sending them home next week because I knew some of you would prefer to do them over break, and some of you will prefer to wait and not worry about school work over break.  Either way is totally fine with me!  Please have all decorated Santas back to school no later than Monday, November 30.  Be creative and have fun!

Math Chapter 3 Study Guide

Today you will find the math chapter 3 review study guide in your child's folder.  The math test will be next Tuesday, November 17.  Just a reminder that I will not be collecting this for a grade, but instead it is extra practice homework for you and your child to prepare for the chapter 3 test.  Some of the material we won't cover until later this week, so I have reminded the class to skip it and come back to it later.  You can work on this study guide at your own pace.  If there is something your child is really struggling with, please let me know so that I can help them in class before the test.

Friendly Reminder 

We have had an issue lately with students bringing in dead chromebooks.  Please help remind your child to charge their chromebook each night and return with it to school ready to go the next day!  This will make it much easier to use them during the day for our lessons.  Thanks for your help with this!

Writing

Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• editing, proofreading

• publishing and presenting a finished writing piece

• personal narratives

High Ability

Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• personification

• symbols

• literature webs

• reading-- Charlotte's Web

Math

Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• turn around rule for multiplication
• adding a group strategy
• subtracting a group strategy
• equivalent names for numbers
• multiplication squares

Wonders Reading

Here is what we are working on this week in reading:

• essential question--What do we love about animals?
• genre--poetry
• phonics--3 letter blends
• Grammar--possessive nouns
• vocabulary---suffixes -ly and -y
• writing--rhyming poem
• writing--word choice
• writing-precise language
• comprehension--rereading
• comprehension--key details
• text features--rhyme and rhythm

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/10--PTO mtg @6
• 11/13--picture retake day
• 11/25--e-learning (no school)
• 11/26-11/29--Thanksgiving Break--no school

Have a great week!