***Website Updated Monday, October 14th

Thank you for coming to conferences!  Please let me know if you have any concerns about your child as the year progresses.  

• October 21st-25th: Fall Break
• October 31st: Classroom Halloween Parties
• November 27th: ELearning Day-More details to come!
• December 11th: ReadNQuiz Due
• Please remember to keep in mind our peanut allergy when sending your kiddos to school with a snack.  

We are on unit 2 week 4 and will be reading and testing on the story, Blancaflor, this week.  Spelling words focus on contractions and English will focus on possessive nouns.  

Reminder: Quarter 2 ReadnQuiz is due on December 11th.  

Here is our weekly language arts schedule.  It does differ if we are reading a chapter book or have a short week, etc.  

• Monday:
  • Introduce spelling words-Each week the words focus on a specific word strategy/concept.  We learn this on Mondays.  
  • Introduce vocabulary words-We go over what the words are and start learning them with a game and start to use them in sentences 
  • Introduce English concept for the week
• Tuesday: 
  • We learn our comprehension strategy and the genre we are focusing on for the week.  We talk about this and practice both.  Students always have a workbook assignment on Tuesdays to practice the conepts we are learning about.  
  • Practice English concept
• Wednesday: 
  • We read our weekly story together and revist the week's genre and comrephension strategy
  • Students have questions to answer after reading the story 
  • Practice English concept
• Thursday: 
  • Review spelling and vocab words
  • Students are given the chance to read this week's story alone or in a pair
  • Practice English concept
• Friday: 
  • Students are quizzed on spelling, reading comprehension/vocabulary, and English concept

We are starting chapter 4 and will continue talking about long division, but we will be learning how to divide larger numbers than the past. 

You will be seeing multiplication pages coming home periodically in Friday folders.  Students are given 5 minutes per side.  When they have mastered a set of numbers, they move up to the next numbers the following Friday.   Multiplication facts will never go away.  This is something they will always need!!!!!!  Please practice these with your children as needed!!! 

Here is what a typical math day will look like: 

• 5 minutes of Minute Math or multiplication facts practice to constantly review what we are learning 
• 10-20 minutes of teaching time/notes
• 10-20 minutes of practice time alone, in small groups, or together as a whole class
• Around 15 minutes of independent work time on daily assessment

Thank you for helping the kids learn their states at home.  We are finally DONE! yay!  Students will have one more opportunity to show what they know.  We will be "testing" over all 50 states on Wednesday, October 30th.  This will NOT be counted as a grade.  However, students who know all 50 states and capitals will get a treat. 

In addition to reviewing the states, we will be starting on Unit 4, Colonial America. 

We will continue in chapter 4 this week and will be learning specifically about Baptism. 

We will continue working on states of matter.