Week At A Glance 10/25-10/31

We have a busy week ahead!

Math: Continuing our Unit on Base Ten, addition & subtracting with and without borrowing. Learning how to read and create a line plot. We will be taking our Math Assessment this week.

THANK YOU for the dice & playing card donations! Math centers are even more fun now!

Daily 5: Building our reading stamina. Continuing to Work on Writing, Read to Self, Read to Someone and practicing our Spelling Words during Word Work.

Writing: Finishing our opinion writing unit. Starting our informational unit with a focus on writing about U.S. Regions.

Science: Lots of fun hands on science this week! We are in need of many donations to help make our science experiments successful!

Social Studies: Wrapping up our Regions unit. We will be taking our common assessment this week.

> Students will show the ability to divide the U.S. into regions and explain why.

> Students will show the ability to identify which direction to travel when leaving from Michigan and going to a given location. Example: Which direction do you travel from Michigan to Alaska?

Spelling: Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (i)

 flight, slight sigh, fright, bright, might, climb, twice, wildlife, mind, median, mode, data, maximum, minimum

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Monday: Picture Day!!! Students should dress for picture day & P.E. or bring a change of clothes for P.E. Students have a kicking test in P.E. on Monday.

Friday: Spelling Test (students must have 5 word work activities turned in to take their spelling test)

Halloween parade– students may bring costumes to change into after lunch at 2 PM. No bloody costumes and no weapons.

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Donations needed:

– 4 boxes of cornstarch for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 package of food coloring for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 small/medium container of vinegar for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 4 boxes of baking soda for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 1 box of borax power for Science experiments starting Tuesday

– 30 paper plates for Science. Must be paper plates, not Styrofoam.

– candy or pre-packaged treats (bagged pretzels, bagged Goldfish, fruit snacks, bagged Chez-Its) for Halloween on Friday

– 7 pumpkins for Science starting on Tuesday

No donations are required. Your contributions help make our classroom a fun place to learn!