September 24th- September 28th
Wednesday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. We will be having a celebration on Tuesday, September 25th due to an early dismissal day on September 26th! Please send a peeled, cored, and sliced apple with your child on Tuesday, September 25th to be used to make applesauce for the class.
Wednesday, September 26th will be an early dismissal day. Students will be dismissed at 11:0o a.m. Please plan accordingly.
The Upcoming Week at School:
Science: We will focus on social studies.
Social Studies: Students will work on completing their continent or ocean slide show and then we will begin the study of hemispheres.
Math: There will be a graded review/checkpoint on Monday, September 24th which focuses on what students have learned so far such as factors, multiples, whether a number is prime or composite, and on multiplication. Then we will finish our study of unit 1 this week. Students will receive a study guide on Monday, September 24th for the unit one test. The unit one study guide is due on Thursday, September 27th. The unit 1 test will be on Friday, September 28th. Next, we will study measurement. Students will also take a multiplication by 5 test on Thursday, September 27th. They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems. Due to having a unit test and a busy week in math, we will skip the multiplication by 4 test and save it for the following week.
Spelling: We will continue our Ways Their Way program. Students will be given a new list of words along with a homework sheet with a list of activities. Students should complete 3 activities and turn them in on Friday, October 5th. One of the activities listed cannot be turned in. Please initial next to the activity name so that I know the activity was completed if needed. The spelling test will also be on Friday, October 5th.
English Language Arts: Also, we will continue our folktales unit during reading workshop and students will be learning about moral/theme versus main idea. We will also continue our Daily 4 program. The September Reading Log will be due on Monday, October 1st. Students will then receive an October Reading Log.
We will continue our Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.) program. This week students will edit sentences focused on capitalizing proper nouns. A study guide will be sent home on Monday, September 24th and there will be a quiz on Friday, September 28th.
Things to Remember:
Tuesday 9/25: It's Johnny Appleseed's birthday celebration! Students should bring in a cored, sliced, and peeled apple.
Wednesday 9/26: Students will be dismissed at 11:00 a.m.
Thursday 9/27: Unit 1 math study guides are due. There will be a multiplication by 5 test.
Friday 9/28: There will be a unit 1 math test. There will be a D.O.L. Quiz.
Monday 10/1: The September Reading Log is due.
