October 17-21

Reminders:

It’s bully prevention week! Check agenda for what color to wear each day.

10/19 PTA meeting at 6:30 in the library

10/21 Monster Mash – If you haven’t yet, please send in 2 bags of candy

 The Daily 5 is up in full swing and the students are doing wonderful!  They have so much time to practice their skills.  Our focus story this week is Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. This historical fiction book is based on an actual event; first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and aviator Amelia Earhart share an adventure in a plane after dinner at the White House.

                This week’s topics:

·         Writing – personal narrative, Thank you letters to Officer Morabito

·         Comprehension – using the text to find information

·         Vocabulary – outspoken, practical, elegant, elevations, brisk, starstruck, miniatures, marveled

·         Spelling – oo as in room

 This week we’ll apply our study of organizing, displaying and interpreting data.  We will continue to practice scale, intervals, and interpreting data as this proved very difficult for most students on the test.  This week’s homework in math will focus mainly and creating various graphs.

                This week’s topics:

·         Collecting and organizing data

·         Making tables

·         Bar graphs

·         Line graphs

We had the opportunity to have a visit from fire fighters and police officers this week.  We’ve talked a lot about personal safety and the responsibilities of community helpers. Check out my blog for pictures.

                We will begin using our social studies text to continue our study of Native Americans. We’ll tie in our comprehension strategy of using the text to find information by taking notes on what we learned.  Also, students will begin using the glossary to look up the meanings of key words and phrases.