Friday, October 28, 2011

The Week of 10/31/11

Dear Parents,
We had a great Halloween party! Thanks to Mrs. Gibbons, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Paskvan, and Mrs. Asta. They really out did themselves with fun activities. Thanks to Mrs. Silvestri, Mrs. Daniele, and Mrs. Peloso for providing refreshments.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Project Challenge - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.

Thursday, November 3, 2011
Picture Retake Day -Any Student wishing to have a retake must have original picture packet with them at the time of retake.
Roller Skating Permission Slips Deadline

THIS WEEK IN MISS TREFONAS'S CLASSROOM:

SPELLING: Work due Thursday and test on Friday

READING: We are continuing our novel NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS.
The students are learning new vocabulary words. The students are using the reading comprehension skills of visualizing, drawing conclusions, summarizing, predicting, questioning, and summarizing.

SCOOPer Reading : 1st trimester deadline is November 14th.

ENGLISH: We will begin some prewriting activities as we warm up our 6 Traits of Writing Skills.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 5 Test = Wednesday.
Chapter 6 "Life in the English Colonies" - Lesson 1 "Working and Trading"

SCIENCE: The students will be assessed on what they have learned during the weather unit by completing a project. They will receive directions on Tuesday and will be working on the project in class the rest of the week.
Weather project will be due on Monday, November 7th.

MATH:
Chapter 5 Decimals
Monday = Lesson 1 "Decimal Place Value"
Tuesday = Lesson 2 "Equivalent Decimals"
Wednesday = Lesson 3 "Comparing and Ordering Decimals"
Thursday = Review Decimals
Friday = Chapter 5 Decimal Test
There will be a homework sheet this week. I have not determined the day yet.
Your child should have this information in their assignment notebook early in the week.