Friday, September 27, 2013

The Week of September 30th, 2013

Dear Parents,
   The first BOX TOP collection will be on Tuesday, October 1st. Our class has a lot of box tops turned in but keep collecting......the class that collects the most box tops in each grade level earns a pizza party at the end of the year!!!
   Tuesday = BLACKHAWKS Spirit Day to celebrate their home opener of the season!
   Friday = Taffy Apple Preorders are due.

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING:  Lesson 5 and word of the week

ENGLISH:  Unit 1 Test = Tuesday.  Unit 5 "Capitalization & Punctuation" is our next chapter.
We will begin reviewing the importance of capitalizing proper nouns and adjectives and the proper use of commas.

READING:  Word Word = Prefixes/Suffixes, Homonyms/Homophones
We will use Time For Kids to read and evaluate non-fiction articles this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Chapter 4 continued..... The students have learned about the struggles England had settling early colonies in America.  What did happen to the people of Roanoke? Your child had to analyze clues and draw a conclusion.  What made Jamestown a successful colony unlike Roanoke?

SCIENCE: Has your child sang the "Water Cycle" song for you?  
We will be learning about the different types of clouds and precipitation, as well as, weather instruments.

MATH:  Chapter 2
Your child will be using their understanding of multiplication as we learn about:
*Prime and Composite Numbers
*Prime Factorization
*Powers and Exponents
*Multiplication Patterns

Friday =  Math Quiz