Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Week of October 5, 2009

Dear Parents & Students:
Some reminders for this week:
~Lunch in I.M.C. = Thursday, October 8th. We have lots of students in our class participating!!
~Project Challenge = The afterschool program begins Tuesday, October 6th!
~see SCIENCE....the students have a project that they need to begin!
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: Lesson 6
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ENGLISH: Unit 5 "Capitalization & Punctuation"
This week we will look at the different ways we use commas. We will also review interjections.
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WRITING: We have been doing some "mind mover" creative writing in our writing spirals.
Have your child share one of their activities!
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READING: We are continuing the book White Giraffe and working on summarizing.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 5 - We will be learning about the first permanent English colony.......Jamestown and other European colonies.
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SCIENCE: Monday = Science test......Study sheets with parent signature earns bonus points!!
We are starting the next chapter and learning about plant structures and photosynthesis.
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IMPORTANT...on Weds. the students are going to be getting directions for the leaf project we will be doing. Please make sure your child shares what they need to do with you because they need to collect and prepare the leaves according to the direction sheet.
LEAVES ARE DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th.
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MATH: Chapter 3 Division
We will cover lessons 1-3. This includes long division and interpreting remainders.