ELECTRONICS DAY

Please understand the electronics will be locked but I will not be responsible for any damaged equipment.  ONLY send in items your child regularly uses at home and it needs to be in a protective case.  Do not send in the family iPad unless you are sure your child can handle the responsibility.  NO INTERNET will be available so games must be loaded on the device.  If your child does not have a device he/she may use one of the classroom devices.

Reading: We are focusing on Character traits (generous, mean, shy, intelligent) and evidence in the story to support these traits.  We are also talking about making a picture (movie) in our brain while we are reading to help us comprehend the story.

Math: measurement using rulers, yard sticks, centimeters, meters, area and perimeter of rectangles and other shapes.  Practice with a ruler at home would be helpful.  Rulers are great stocking stuffers if you do not have one at home!  XTRAMATH scores will be used for report card computation grades, this should be done every night at home to practice! Multiplication facts are coming…

Social Studies: Michigan geography, natural resources and the first people to come to Michigan.  Talk to your child about our region and that we live in Wayne county!

Science: Light and Sound

Writing: Opinion papers that have a strong beginning and 3 reasons to support our opinion.  We will be writing about Wind Mills in Michigan are they a good energy option? Are they not a good energy option?

Homework this week-end is to do some family fun!  Enjoy a Michigan orchards (take a picture of the natural resource you buy there) or have a family game night!  Be creative I can’t wait for the students to share what they did for homework on Monday!

Spelling Words

master    purple

whisper  region

addend     west

amber     events

farther   opaque

Math journals are here! Students will be bringing journals home each night to complete homework BUT THEY MUST BE RETURNED EVERYDAY!!! If the journal is lost or damaged there will be no replacement.  Please help your child be very responsible with the journal.  Please do not do extra work in the journal only complete the assigned page.

Ms. Ciantar needs some donations for a fun science activity that will be part of the Halloween Celebration.  We will need:

1 bowl of cooked cold spaghetti

slime

peeled hard boiled eggs (4)

25 grapes

a nut cracker

chain (like a bike lock)

If you have other items that we could borrow for the 5 senses please let her know.  I will return all items that day after school.

We will also need bags of candy donate for taste tests and prizes.  If you have any other ideas please call Ms. Ciantar at 313-530-3770.

Otherwise email me to let me know what you can donate!

Thank you!

Tonight students are bringing home a paragraph they wrote in class about their home.  The paragraph needs to be checked over by a parent and returned to school tomorrow.  The paragraph should:

Begin with a question or onomatopoeia

Correct spelling

Correct capital letters

Correct punctuation

If it is typed extra points will be awarded.

I have many students who do not have winter coats, gloves or hats.  Please start sending in these items everyday.  If you have “old” coats, gloves or hats please send them in so I can give them to students who need them. Thank YOU!

Whitmore students will begin donating coins to donate to Habitat for Humanity who has plans to build 6 homes in Dearborn for struggling families.  Our class is very excited about this project and many have volunteered their dads to help build the houses (I had no idea the talented fathers we had!:).

We will make posters this week and work with this project all year long.

If you would like to volunteer with Mr. Cares he needs help with the broadcast team on Mondays from 8:15-9:30 a.m and during our class time on Wednesdays 1-1:45 p.m.  please contact me.

Please look over and sign the Math test that comes home today.  Please review with your child any mistakes that he/she made and return the test tomorrow.  PART A are the focus objectives and PART B are items we will continue to work on and are not graded on the report card yet.  PLEASE focus on PART A results!

Book Logs are coming home today.  Some students are doing a great job filling it out 5 times per week, some students are not .  Please check this log weekly and ask your child for it to sign!

chop, ship, math, whale, three

sum, transparent, trade, solution, south

Fall Festival is tonight!  Come and Enjoy the Fun!