Monday, November 5, 2007

The Week of November 5th, 2007

Dear Parents,
Conference appointment times are being sent home on Monday. Please send the confirmation slip back as soon as possible. If your conference time needs to be rescheduled, I will send home a slip with your new date and time.

Thanks to all of the wonderful parents who made our Halloween party SPOOKTACULAR!

THIS WEEK IN OUR CLASSROOM:

Spelling = Lesson 11 and “word of the week”

English = Unit 2 Nouns

Reading = Kid in the Red Jacket... Vocabulary quiz is Friday! We will continue to write a cummulative summary and make connections while reading.

SCOOPer reading deadline = November 12th!!!!

Social Studies = Chapter 6 Lesson 3 “Everyday Life in the Colonies”
We will also be learning more about Benjamin Franklin and Poor Richard’s Almanac. The students will be choosing one of his famous quotes and interpreting it!!!
~Chapter 6 Lesson 4 “Slavery in the Colonies”
~Chapter 6 test will be the week of November 12th.
We will be having our 4th session of Jr. Achievement this Friday!

Science = Flight and Rocketry
Your child should be able to tell you 4 scientific properties of air.
Parachutes……your child will learn more about them and make a model of one! We will also be learning about Hot Air Balloons and Kites. We will be making and flying kites!

Your partner in education~
Miss Trefonas