Newsletter: December 9, 2013

This week in ELA we are working on non-fiction exploration.  Today they met up with their PB&J partner, chose a text, and began taking notes on the topic.  They will take this information and explain the cause and effect relationship between the events in history discovered in the text. By the end of the week they will begin the writing process of an informative piece about their topic and cite their information.  This will be carried over into the next week when they complete the rough draft, conference with me and a peer, complete the final draft, and type the paper. They have all blossomed into stellar writers in the past month!

In social studies we finished Chapter 2: "Native Americans".  We are moving on to Science Unit 3: “Cells to Body Systems”.

In math we are completing Chapter 2: Divide whole numbers.  This week the students are working on “Interpret the Remainder”, “Adjust Quotients”, and “Problem Solving: Division”. They will have in class worksheet quizzes for these lessons on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in the morning. They will have a Test on Chapter Two FRIDAY. This was announced last week to the students and has been on the calendar and agenda for a week.  There are worksheets for review called reteach and the answers attached to this paper. Also, they can and should bring their math “big books” home to study. They can even look at their quizzes to help them to see where they need to focus on studying.

Finally, we are working their third list of Words Their Way spelling list for the quarter.  Monday through Wednesday they are to work on their three choices of spelling homework.  Thursday, they are to study their words for the spelling test on Friday. Please remember to sign your child’s spelling homework and check the option they chose as their third type spelling homework.

 

IMPORTANT DATES: 

                                  -Math Test Friday Dec. 13^th

                                  -ES Concert Tuesday, Dec. 17^th
                                  -Holiday Party Dec. 20 @ 1:15-2:00
                                  -Interim Reports Distributed Dec. 20^th
                                  -NO SCHOOL December 23^rd -January 3^rd