Dear Parents, As the days in October grow increasingly cooler, I would like to remind parents to send their children with warm outer wear. Should it warm up during the day, they can always peel off a layer. This week we have been working on a number of projects. Students created family shields depicting activities that they like to do as a family. They are in various forms of completion. A writing piece about the shields are also "work in progress". As we get into the Halloween spirit (no pun intended) students have been creating fictional Halloween stories. Their completed work will outside our classroom for all to read. CURRICULUM Reading This week we completed Minstrel In The Tower and finished end -of- the- book activities. Students used their map skills to create a map of Roger and Alice's journey. Their final maps were created by soaking paper in coffee to appear old. They also did "I Wonder" questions, a character trait activity, a story map, and making connections. As a fun project they made a pyramid of the hierarchy of classes during the Middle Ages and and grid activity (similar to Battleship) of knights' ownership of land. Our genre wall of books has been growing. When students complete a book, they write the title on a card and put it under the genre. As of now, graphic novels and realistic fiction are in the lead. Math This week we are wrapping up chapter 4 on subtraction. We will have our assessment on Monday. Twice a week we workon IXL math skills. This week our new certificate came stating that as of October 19th our class did 2,000 math problems! Just since October 10th, we completed 1,000 problems! Great job everyone! Language Arts We completed Spelling unit 3 using short u sounds. Some of the skills in this unit we did were analogies, inferences, context clues, and patterns. When working with nouns, students identified common and proper nouns. This can be a bit tricky as students are learning this new skill. In handwriting, we continued to work with "tow truck" letters learning how the shape of letters changes when it is "cranked up" by a w, b, o, and v. Social Studies This week in our mix-it-up groups, students worked in pairs on maps of Mexico. First we looked at various types of maps (population, rainfall, product etc.). Then the groups each designed their particular map, map key, and compass. They also identified bordering countries, bodies of water, and the capital city. Just a reminder, that their Altar Inquiry Forms and supplies for creating their altar are due this coming Monday (Oct. 22). Shredderman Nolan comes up with an amazing project for Mr. Green's class. Using a top secret Web site, Nolan invents a plan to expose bully Bubba Bixby. The trickiest part of this plan, is keeping it from his parents. This is message from Jodi Pink: Thursday, November 15th: Join us for a great Parents' Night Out at FA in support of the Book Fair. Click here to learn more and register. Childcare is available, but you must register for it in advance. Students brought home flyers about author Matt Tavares on Monday. Book orders (and personal messages) are due on Monday. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend. Sincerely, Gayle DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, MY CAMERA WOULD NOT COOPERATE THIS WEEK. SORRY!
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