The students were entertained and informed about science today. Thank you to the PTA sponsoring the Mad Science assembly.

Our class is working hard to improve the level of kindness in our classroom and wherever we are. Ask them what they did today that showed kindness.

The students gave their presentations in science on “How to Reduce our Carbon Footprint.” The next unit we started to work on this week is Waves. We are examining what sound is and how it is transferred by vibrations.

One day of parent/teacher conferences completed and 2 more evenings next week. I sent home the conference reminder slips today.

Science Tomorrow

Please send in an empty paper towel roll or toilet paper roll tomorrow. We are using the cardboard tubes for science. If you have an extra we would love to have it for a student who might not have one. Thank you.

Weekly Reading Log

No weekly log this week. Please continue to read this week.

Words with – ir, er, ur

1. serpent
2. sternly
3. swirl
4. blurred
5. purpose
6. curve
7. carpenter
8. turnip
9. twirl
10. curler
11. Upper Peninsula
12. Dearborn
13. Michigan
14. United States
15. plains

Conferences – Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017

Reminders were sent home for parents that have conferences this Thursday. I will send home the reminder slips for the conferences for next week on Friday.

We had some science fun with bones and x-rays yesterday.

Today we started the day by writing some Halloween stories and sharing them with the class.

Of course the party was fun! The games were enjoyed by everyone. Thank you so much to the room mothers for their hard work and the donations for the snacks.

The parade is still to come.

The card marking is coming to an end this Friday, November 3. Half day on Friday!

In science the students are working on a presentation to make people aware of what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Their presentations will give ideas for people to reduce their use of nonrenewable resources and to look at new energy sources that are better for our world. The students have watched brain pop videos on the subject. They also have 3 articles on their Google Classroom to read and gather notes for their presentation. Students may present their information in a variety of ways – paper, slide presentation, song, video, poetry, poster, and other ideas. This project will be due on Friday, Nov. 3. They will work on it, in class, on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. They may also work at home to finish it up.

Week 8

Words with – ure

1. lecture
2. seizure
3. leisure
4. moisture
5. puncture
6. measure
7. mixture
8. sculpture
9. rupture
10. assure
11. place value
12. tens
13. hundreds
14. thousands
15. ten thousands

Last week was our PBIS celebration for October. It was a schoolwide BINGO.

1. redeem
2. relieve
3. even
4. equal
5. scene
6. cedar
7. between
8. precede
9. beneath
10. believe
11. environment
12. habitat
13. characteristic
14. adaptation
15. survival

Last week we completed our study on electrical energy. The test is tomorrow (The students were told last Thursday.). They have the vocabulary to study in there science notebook. Here are a few pictures from last week’s electrical stations.

Week 6

Long Vowel – i

1. flight
2. slight
3. sigh
4. fright
5. bright
6. might
7. climb
8. twice
9. wildlife
10. mind
11. median
12. mode
13. data
14. maximum
15. minimum