I can’t believe Halloween will be here tomorrow. The year is already flying by. Our first marking period ends on Friday as well. It was great to see everyone on Friday at Fall Fest. We had a great turnout and the kids have all said they had a great time. Thanks for all of your donations as well. Tomorrow will be our Halloween party. If you would like to sign up for something, please click here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F44ADAD2EAAF94-halloween .
Permission slips went home on Friday for our field trip to see Seussical the Musical. Please send those in by Wednesday. The cost is $5.00. If you are unable to pay the $5.00, please contact me privately so we can figure something out. The 3rd grade also has the firehouse field trip on 11-9-17. If those permission slips haven’t been turned in yet, please turn them in ASAP. There is no cost for that field trip.
Our week:
Spelling:
3rd-brother, purple, whisper, father, teacher, heading, topic, nonfiction, fact details, grandmother, summer, mother, sister, grandfather
4th-lecture, seizure, leisure, moisture, puncture, measure, mixture, sculpture, rupture, assure, place value, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands
Math: Both grades are starting new units this week.
3rd-We will be working on measuring to the nearest 1/2 inch. We will be talking about measuring tools in math and how you know which tool is the correct tool to use. We will also be starting to introduce multiplication. Students will be looking at multiplication as repeated addition to grasp the concept.
4th-Students will be reviewing multiplication and different strategies they can use. We will start looking at problems that are 1 digit times 2 digits. We will also be looking at place value and making sure we understand what each place value is worth. We will be learning two new math games for this unit and both can be played at home with a deck of playing cards.
Writing-We are finishing our opinion writing which will be on this report card. We will be starting to discuss constructed responses next and the students will be focusing on restating the question and finding text evidence to support their response. We will be writing multiple constructed responses over the next two weeks.
Social Studies-
3rd-Mrs. Parana
4th-Students will be examining push and pull factors of immigration in the early 1900’s
Science-
3rd-Mrs. Parana
4th-We will finish looking at series and parallel circuits. The students will have a test closer to the end of the week but a study guide will come home first.
Daily 5-Book clubs will continue this week. We will be working on pulling text evidence from a reading to help the students with their writing. We will be looking at text and students will have to locate text that gives them the answer for specific questions.
Have a great week.