Happy Halloween!!

We have no homework tonight. YAY!! Today we discussed our explorer project. The directions came home today, as well as the explorer test Study Guide. Please ask your child to explain the project to you. It will be due November 17th.  Have a safe and fun evening!!

Thank you to all the parents who donated & helped out with our "Mystery Centers".....The kids had a great time solving the crime!

Important Dates:

Student Holiday: November 8th 

Monday 11/17: Explorer Test

Explorer Projects Due: Nov.18th

Explorer Feast (Breakfast): November 18th @ 8:15 (Look for Signup Genius to help with food and to help serve)

Reading

This week, we began our study on "Close Reading". We practiced reading an informational text multiple times, marking up the text, and answering question using specific textual evidence. 

We are continuing to read our extended text, Walk Two Moons. The kids are really into the story! It is such a heartfelt book and it seems they are really grasping the plot through our discussions of the text. Please ask your child about this story and see what their ideas are about Sal's and Phoebe's mothers. (Students in Read 180 are not reading this book.)

Math

We have been working on multiplicative comparisons this week. Here are a few videos! 

Multiplication/adapted mind
Multiplication Practice Games
Commutative Property
Writing and Equation

Multiplicative Comparisons and Additive Statements

Modeling Multiplicative Comparisons

 

 Spelling: 

Spelling Sort 4:

Focus on the long vowel pairs: oa, ow, oo

TEST: Nov.4th

 

Social Studies

On Monday, your child will be assigned an Early European Explorer to research and create a historical figure model. The students will be given directions and guidelines for the model. The easiest way to make the model is to use a Coke or Gatorade bottle and a styrofoam ball that can be purchased at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. However, your child can create their model with any materials that they wish or that are available to them. We attached the above picture of a model created by a past student. The students will attach an index card with information about the explorer to the model and bring the model to school on the day of our Explorer Feast. They will present and share their model with the class at that time. PLEASE do not send models to school before the due date as we do not have a place to safely hold them before that time. Please read over the guidelines and directions given to your child and if you have further questions, please let us know! Have fun with this one :)

No homework!

Native Americans test tomorrow!

We had so much fun doing Mystery Centers today. Thank you to all the parents who organized the event, donated items for the goody bags, and volunteered! :)

Tonight's Homework:

Math- Model Drawing #2
Native Americans Test on Friday
Spelling test next week

Tonight's Homework:

Math- Model Drawing for Multiplicative Comparison
Native Americans Test on Friday
Study spelling words- Test next week

Happy Monday!

Tonight's Homework:
Interpreting Multiplication (Some students finished during class today)

Native Americans Test Friday
Study for the NA test by playing the game on Quizizz!