• Food Pantry Drive = Friday, October 16th → The Food Pantry is requesting the following items: canned peaches, canned pears, canned fruit cocktail, canned corn, canned vegetables. Donations can be dropped off during arrival on Friday. Please do not send food before Friday.

Math: This week, we will review for our Chapter 2 test which will be on Thursday Oct. 15th. (A review will be sent home on Tuesday with your child) Students will recall and practice the concepts we have been focusing on in this chapter. We will also spend some time after the test starting our first iReady lesson in math. This online program is differentiated to match each students’ math level, based on an assessment they took through the program.

Reading: This week, we will start a new unit in our Reading Street books. We will shift our focus to using the main idea and details of a story to comprehend non-fiction texts. We will use the story: A Walk in the Dessert to practice this skill along with other texts to supplement. We will practice our High Frequency Sight Words, Amazing Vocabulary Words, and spelling words. The students’ list will be sent home Tuesday. 

Science: We are going to take a short break from Science these next two short weeks in order to finish up Chapter 1 in Social Studies before Parent Teacher Conferences.

Language Arts: This week, we work on a new mentor sentence from the book, Officer Buckle and Gloria as we notice the proper nouns and punctuation used by the author, label the kind of sentence it is, imitate the author’s style to write a similar sentence, and revise the sentence. We will focus on identifying and writing declarative and interrogative sentences. During writing, students will start planning the beginning, middle, and end of their narratives. We will start to draft and edit these narratives as well.

Religion: This week, we will describe Jesus Christ as our Savior, and describe ways that Jesus has showed his love for everyone. We will learn about different miracles that Jesus performed to show his love for us.  

Social Studies: This week, we will continue to compare events from long ago in the past and events that have happened recently today. Students will use primary and secondary sources to find out about their family history. The students will read information from their textbooks and practice using their new vocabulary words for the week: Primary Source, Artifact, Oral history, Secondary Source.

Reminders:

• Math Chapter 2 Test →  Thursday, 10/15
• Spelling Test →  next Tuesday, 10/20
• Social Studies Chapter 1 Test →  next Wednesday, 10/21
• Friday, October 16th →  Food Pantry Drive (The Food Pantry is requesting the following items: canned peaches, canned pears, canned fruit cocktail, canned corn, canned vegetables. Donations can be dropped off during arrival on Friday. Thank you for your generosity!)
• Please be on the lookout for information about signing up for Parent Teacher Conferences. I am looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s progress so far this year.
• Thursday, October 22nd →  No School for students due to (virtual) Parent Teacher Conferences
• Friday, October 23rd →  No School for students due to an in-service day for teachers

• Picture Day is tomorrow!
• Spelling Test is on Friday
• Reading Test is on Friday
• No School on Monday, 10/12
• Math Test is coming up the week of 10/12 - (more information to come)

• Spelling Test = Friday
• Reading Test = Friday
• No School = Monday, 10/12

Happy Monday! 

Here is the homework for Monday

1. Read 20 minutes (Complete row for 9/28 on Reading Log)

*Reading Logs are due Thursday, 10/1

2. Math 2.5 Homework pages (p. 103-104)

3. Practice spelling words - (the list was sent home today)

Reminders:

• Spelling Test → Friday

• Please make sure to check out the Curriculum Night Video, our classroom wish list, and our scholastic wish list. Thank you for your generosity!

Math: We will continue working on Chapter 2 in GoMath! This week focuses on numbers to 1,000. We will practice reading and writing numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form. We will use equivalent representations of 3-digit numbers. Students will complete the mid-chapter check on Wednesday for a grade to see how well they are understanding the concepts of Chapter 2 so far. 

Reading: This week, we will read a story called Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night.  We will be focusing on describing the characters, settings, and events of the plot in fictional stories. Our spelling list will contain words with consonant blends at the beginning and ends of the words (br, sk, st, etc.). We will continue to add more Amazing Words to our vocabulary and practice new High-Frequency Sight words.

Science: We will explore the reasons why leaves change color in the fall with videos, and activities from our Mystery Science Curriculum. On Thursday, we will be completing an activity with leaves. If your child wants to bring a colorful leaf from home for the leaf activity, please send it in with him/her on Thursday. 

Language Arts: We will continue working on identifying and writing complete sentences using subjects and predicates. We will make observations and model our own writing after a mentor sentence from Whoever You Are (Mem Fox). We will also use this sentence to identify verbs. In writing, we will continue lessons about Personal Narrative writing and students will practice describing places, people, and objects with specific attributes (such as color, shape, size, etc.). We will also practice handwriting in the Sunform Handwriting Book.

Religion: This week’s lesson teaches us about Ordinary Time. We will learn about the meaning and importance of Ordinary Time. W will discuss different ways that we can grow during this liturgical season. We will discuss what Jesus meant when he told his disciples he was the “Bread of Life”. 

• Spelling Test on Friday 
• Please send your child with a clean towel and mask bag on Monday
• There is a link for the Curriculum Night Video (in the yellow tabs to the left on this page), please take a few minutes to watch the video if you haven’t already. 
• The Classroom Wishlist and Scholastic Wishlist are also in the yellow tabs on the left of this page if you would like to donate. (Thank you for your generosity!)