Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Newsletter November 2015

ELA
Reading:
Ø  Target Skills: fact vs. opinion, summarizing
Ø  Review: characterization, point of view, theme, visualizing

Writing:
Ø  Our focus will continue to be on informative writing. We’ll create:
o   An informative paragraph
o   A book report
o   An explanatory essay
o   Native American Tribal Role Project
Grammar:
Ø  Verb tenses, progressive verb tenses and compound vs. complex sentences

Spelling & Vocab:
Ø  All tests are Friday!!!
Ø  Below is a great link to work on weekly vocab

https://www.spellingcity.com/sweeadam/

Math

Chapter 4 Divide by 1-Digit numbers
o   Estimate Quotients
o   Investigate & Interpret Remainders
o   Divide 10’s, 100’s and 1,000’s
o   Distributive Property
o   Divide Using Repeat Subtraction
o   Partial Quotients
o   Place the First Digit
o   Divide by 1-Digit Numbers

Chapter 5 Divide by 1-Digit numbers
o   Model factors
o   Factors and Divisibility
o   Problem Solving – Common Factors
o   Factors and Multiples
o   Prime and Composite Numbers
o   Number Patterns
Nightly homework - the even’s on the practice pages. Please feel free to do more if your student needs more practice. J


                                                       Social Studies
Concepts:
We’ll be wrapping up our study on Native Americans.  The test will cover Iroquois and Algonquin’s regarding their way of life & government.  As part of our culmination our class will have Haudenosaunee Day! Please be on the lookout for more information on how you can help out with this exciting day!


Our next study will be a science topic
Electricity

There will be homework, quizzes and tests along with this unit so make sure to check your student’s agenda each day.

                                                                    Reminders
ü 11-4 Quarter 1 ends
ü 11-10 Favorite Hoodie Day
ü 11-11 No school – Veterans Day
ü 11-12 & 11-13 – Student - Teacher - Parent Conferences
ü 11-23 Haudenosaunee Day
ü 11-25 PTA Box-top PJ Day
ü 11-27 – Book Orders due
ü 11-26 & 11-27 – No school – Thanksgiving