Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Week of November 2, 2009

Dear Parents and Students:
Reminders for this week:
~Robert Crown field trip = Friday, November 6th
STUDENTS NEED TO BRING A LUNCH on Friday, November 6th
**We might not get back in time for the hot lunch program. Milk will be available.
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Lesson 10 and "word of the week" This week's test will be on Thursday due to our Robert Crown Field Trip on Friday.
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ENGLISH: Unit 2 Nouns (Project Challenge students will be receiving alternate assignments
during this unit.)
We will also be sharing our most recent "Mind Movers" creative thinking/writing
thinking.
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READING: We will be discussing elements of Tall Tales and writing some fun exaggerations.
We will also be doing activities with analogies. The analogy sheets can be
challenging and students may have to use dictionaries or dictionary.com., as well as,
work carefully!
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SCOOPer Reading:
1st Trimester goals are due Friday, Nov. 13th. All students who have goals
to be completed have received many reminders! Only one book activity can
be turned in at a time. Many students have already completed their goals!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 6 "Life in English Colonies". Lesson one will emphasize how
colonists worked and traded. The children will be getting directions for
our classroom TRADE FAIR on Tuesday. Parents, please go over this
sheet/directions with your child.
TRADE FAIR = Tuesday, November 1oth
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SCIENCE: We are finishing Chapter 5 this week. The last section we are going to cover is
energy pyramids.
Chapter 5 test will be the week of November 9th.
Your child has made vocabulary game boards which is a great way to
review/reinforce the Ch. 5 vocabulary words.
A sheet that contains information about what to study will be given to the students.
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Jr. Achievement = We will have or fourth session with Mr. and Ms. Paleka this week.
The students have been learning a lot about "Our Nation" and businesses.
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MATH: (Miss Trefonas's Class)
Chapter 4 Lesson 2 - Order of Operations & Lesson 3 - Properties & Review
*These concepts tend to be difficult.....review at home would help !
Monday, Nov. 13th = Chapter 4 Quiz over L1-L3