Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
October 30 - November 3
Dear Parents,
On Friday we had our STOP Ceremony on the playground. Each student was able to throw a shovel of dirt where one of our trees was being planted. We are so excited to watch these trees grow and take root!
On Tuesday, there will be an Honor Roll breakfast for students will all As for first quarter. Students may also pay $1 to dress up and wear their Halloween costumes. Money raised from this dress up day will go to our Make A Wish fundraiser for the year.
Girls' Club will be on Wednesday. All order forms for t-shirts will be extended to this date.
If your child earned the fundraiser reward for the tumblers, the limo ride and pizza will be this Friday.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Reading: Students will continue identifying traits of characters using inferencing skills.
- Writing: Students will be writing a Halloween themed opinion essay.
- 5 A Day Language Review (week 9): Language skills are covered in class Monday - Thursday, then quizzed on each Friday. Skills include figurative language, prefixes, suffixes, roots, synonyms, antonyms, verb tenses, analogies, multiple-meaning words, conjunctions, context clues, punctuation, and spelling.
Idiom - "down the hatch"
Root - hydr: water
Proverb - "A watched pot never boils."
- Spelling: Students will be reviewing/learning a weekly spelling feature using Words Their Way. This week we will be reviewing how to add -ed to words with vc, vcc, vce, and vvc endings. We will introduce the pattern on Monday, practice Tuesday - Thursday, then test on Friday. Students will have a sort they can practice with in their take-home folders. Students will not test on all of the words. Normally their spelling test will consist of 10-12 words. Because they will be learning a spelling feature, they will be tested on that feature and if they can apply it to different words, not the memorization of words.
- Read Aloud: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Chapter 3 - Early European Exploration of the Americas
- Students will understand and explain the various reasons for explorers taking expeditions around the world. They will analyze a map of explorers' voyages. They will learn about conquistadors and the Northwest Passage. Students will have a short quiz to wrap up this chapter on Friday.
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- We are nearing the end of Unit 5. Students will continue to practice dividing by 2 digits with decimals in the dividend and divisor, and interpreting remainders. The unit test will be next week.
SCIENCE:
- Ecosystems: we will be learning more about populations, communities, niches, and habitats. We will be using Discovery Techbook to learn: "How do animals get the Energy they need to live?" Also, we will study photosynthesis, producers, consumers, food chains, and food webs.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Please initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
FRIDAY 11/3: 5-A-Day Language Review Quiz (preparation for this will be done during class when we review our daily warmup questions).
FRIDAY 11/3: Spelling Test - adding -ed to vc, vcc, vce, and vvc patterns (will spell 12 of the 24 words).
FRIDAY 11/3: Chapter 3 Social Studies quiz - study guides will go home Monday.
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Thurs. November 9th: Bookworm Buddies
Tues. November 14th: Diabetes Awareness Day (Hat Day)
Thurs. November 16th: DREAM Team
Fri. November 17th: Mini-Course Day
Mon. November 20th - Fri. November 24th: Thanksgiving Break
Mon. Nov. 30th - Dec. 1st: ACT Interim Assessments
Wed. December 6th: PBIS Store
Thurs. December 7th: NED Assembly
Thurs. December 14th: Christmas Party & A-State Basketball Game
Fri. December 15th: End of Second Quarter
Mon. December 18th - Mon. January 1st: Christmas Break