September 5 - October 9
Week 8
News This Week
Half Day: Friday is a half-day. First bell will ring at 11:40, third bell will ring at 12:00.
Tests This Week: We will do our tests THURSDAY this week. I've found that many students check out after the math breakfast and it's too hard to pay attention on that half day!
Field Trip: Field trip shirts are coming home today with those that ordered them. Keep them at home for field trip days. If you did not order, you will wear a regular uniform on field trip days. A permission slip for our field trip on October 21 is coming home as well. It is $10.50 for students and $3.00 for chaperones.
Snow Wizard Tuesday - $1.00
Math Breakfast - Friday 7:40
We need donations of fruit and juice for this morning. Please let me know if you can help provide these items.
Studies this Week
- Skills: Explain how specific aspics of a text's illustrations help understand the text (e.g. a diagram or map explaining more).
- Skills: Main idea and details from informational text
- Phonics: VC/V and V/CV words
- Vocabulary: synonyms - words that mean the same
- We are learning about Day of the Dead as our informational text this week.
Spelling
- Practice spelling and writing words. Visit spellingcity.com/meverette for more practice. The story title is "Penguin Chick".
- Words this week: finish, pilot, even, wagon, music, silent, rapid, female, lemon, pupil, focus, robot, tulip, camel, salad, resident, spinach, climate, tradition, innocent
Math
- Perimeter & Area - we are beginning Unit 4 on perimeter (the distance around) and area (the surface amount).
- Facts - we are working on basic facts. Students should already know addition and subtraction facts to 20 quickly.
- We will begin multiplication this week.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary on our reading test will be synonyms in context. Students must determine what the word means using context. For example: Jason was tardy to class. His teacher warned him about being late again. What is a synonym for tardy? Answer: late.
Writing
We are finishing opinion papers and will start informational writing.
Grammar
- Irregular plural nouns: nouns like fish/fish, goose/geese, man/men, ox/oxen
- These do not follow a specific "rule"
Science
- Weather - tools, types, clouds
Social Studies
- Studies Weekly - Rights & Responsibilities
- Students can logon to Studies Weekly at home by going to studiesweekly.com
- Daily Geography
- Cultural in the United States: Day of the Dead
Practice at Home
When reading informational text with your child and he/she comes to an unknown
word, ask the following:
- What do the illustrations try to explain? How do they teach you more about the text?
- What is the main idea of this text? How do you know?
- What sentences support the main idea?
- How are the important ideas connected to the main idea?
Important Dates
October
6 - Snow Wizard
9 - Open House Breakfast - Student 1/2 Day - End of Q1
12 - No school for students - teacher work day