Oct. 20-24: Box Top Drive! Cats vs. Griz!
Now-Oct. 31: PTA Donation Drive- please consider donating!
Oct. 24: Family Fun Night: Costumes welcome!
Oct. 27-31: Red Ribbon Week (see side bar)
Welcome back! I hope you were able to enjoy some time with your families over our little break. I can't believe how quickly time is flying, and how soon conferences and report cards will be upon us Be on the look out for scheduling requests in Tuesday folders, and please get back to me ASAP if there is a conflict or a specific issue you'd like to address. I look forward to speaking to each of you and getting to know you better!
Weekly Objectives:
We start Unit 2 this week: Science All Around Us. We will also be doing quite a few assessments to prepare for report cards and leave time to reteach.
Reading:
Theme Question: How is science a part of our community?
Focus Question: How are communities built?
Skills/Strategies: Using text evidence, finding main idea/detail, using chapter titles to make predictions
Spelling:
Long i (i, igh, y) - see list to the right
Writing:
Writing informational text using the writing process, and forming a complete paragraph.
Math:
Skip counting by 5's up to 1000, skip counting by 10's up to 1000 and starting at any number. Comparing numbers <>= up to 1000
Science/Social Studies:
How is science a part of our community?