Dear Parents-
Book Drive ends on Friday, 11/14.
Send in books by then.
Thanks!
Book Orders:
Here are the book order forms for the month of November and December. You can order from as many as you wish! Have fun shopping! Thanks for your order.
The orders are due Monday, December 8th!
Make Checks payable to Scholastic Book Club or go on-line and use a credit card.
Send in your orders OR go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password.www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books
Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
For donating to the basket this week!
Student of the Week
Lucas
Me
My Family
Special Friends
My Favorite Foods
Where I Live
Thing I Like to Do
When I Grow Up I’d like to
My Favorite Toys
How the special week works for your child:
Monday-put pictures up
Tuesday-share your board
Wed.-Read a favorite book (practice at home first)
Thursday-Show and Tell
Friday-Take board down
Spelling
Our next list is a Thanksgiving Holiday list. If your child gets 100% on their pretest, they won't have to take the test on Thursday, 11/20. EVERYONE will do the assigned work that is due on Friday, 11/21. The work can be typed or written in CURSIVE.
Thanks!
***All spelling should be done in cursive. This is where the students will have time to actually practice the skills they learn in “handwriting.”
English
Chapter 3-VERBS
The chapter 3 test will most likely be on Tuesday, November 25th!
Writing
We have started our descriptive turkey stories this week. The students have shown such excitement about this story, from the turkey's point of view.
The sloppy copies are being sent home today.
They are to be finished and returned by Th., 11/20!
PLEASE, please, PLEASE have your child follow the guidelines/checklist of items they will be graded on. They can even highlight their color words, transition words/phrases, similes. That would help them see that they have done what is required.
Thanks!
Reading
Strategies covered:
-visualizing
-preview and predict
-clarify
*fact /opinion
*compare/contrast
*cause /effect
*self-questioning
The next reading strategy we will discuss is called self-questioning and monitoring of reading. We will start with the question of who's point of view is the story written in and how does their opinion effect how the story is written.
We will accomplish this strategy by reading a great story by Patricia Polacco, called
The Keeping Quilt. If you or anyone you know is a quilter, please contact me, so you can come and talk to our class about this special talent!
Thanks!
Independent Reading Program
Folders are due Mon. 12/1.
Reading party in class- Tues., 12/2.
Science
We will start our first lesson in our other science book. This is about science inquiry tools and skills.
Social Studies-Local Government
The test on Chapter 12 (Local Government) will be on:
Friday, 11/14!
Next, we will begin chapter 3 on immigration!
Math
Chapter 3 -
Multiplication packet due before Christmas break!
Chapter 4- “Subtraction.”
The test on Chapter 3 was today, 11/13!
Next, we will focus on money and time!
Have an AWESOME weekend!
Mrs. T. Spakausky
