Miss Branchick's Newsletter
November 2-6, 2015
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I also emailed a copy of the link!
This week in room 506
Math-
Students are now spreading out. Please see your child's individual packet for a schedule of lessons.
Social Studies:
We are continuing Chapter 2.
Writing-
We have started our Informational Writing Unit. Everyone picked an Endangered Animal to research. We will be wrapping up our research on Tuesday and will begin our writing process on Wednesday.
We are also teaming up with Miss Sweet in art class. She has graciously allowed us to incorporate our Endangered Animals into their Landscape portraits! I can't wait to see the finished products!
Reading-
We will be starting Unit 2 Week 3 this week.
- Strategy: Reread
- Skill: Author's Point of View
- Genre: Expository Text
- Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes
- Phonics: Words with silent letters
Spelling:
1.) wrists
2.) wrote
3.) wreck
4.) wring
5.) writing
6.) wrench
7.) wristwatch
8.) wrinkle
9.) knitted
10.) knapsack
11.) knead
12.) knight
13.) knock
14.) gnaws
15.) gnome
Unit 2 Week 3 Vocab
1.) announced- If you announced something, you told people about it.
2.) candidates- Candidates are the people seeking an office or honor.
3.) convince- To convince is to cause someone to believe or do something.
4.) decisions- When you make decisions, you make choices.
5.) elect- To elect is to choose by voting.
6.) estimate- To estimate is to guess an amount.
7.) government- A government is the people who guide a city, state, or country.
8.) independent- If you are independent, you do things for yourself.
Scholastic Book Orders
Orders can be submitted any time you or I place an order because I have free shipping this year =)
Websites
- ScootPad
- TenMarks
- Tumblebooks (username northelementary / password books)
- MasteryConnect
Tumblebooks is registered for grades K-4 so North and South share.