Can you believe that tomorrow is already Halloween?! Eeek! Here are a couple of reminders and extra information for you about tomorrow.

• Tomorrow is our Social Studies test. We will be reviewing before taking our test! I have also updated our Unit 1 Study Guide Tab to include jeopardy to review the study guide. Feel free to use this as a studying tool tonight! I have also placed the link below as well.

Social Studies Unit 1 Jeopardy

• Since tomorrow is Halloween students are encouraged to wear orange, black, white, purple, or other Halloween apparel. However, please leave those costumes at home for tomorrow. We will not be wearing costumes in class.
• If you have volunteered to bring a treat for the class, please make sure to bring those in tomorrow!
• Our party is welcome to visitors. We will be painting pie pumpkins, eating snacks, and watching Disney’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow Cartoon. Our party will start at 2:30-3:15. Please feel to drop by tomorrow afternoon.

Lastly, our students did not have time to fill out planners today due to our studying for social studies. Listed below is what we worked on today.

Reading- Brainstorming work on writing topics and synonyms. Daily 5/Cafe. Continue reading 20 mins.

Writing- Narrative Topics

Math- Module 1 Math Test

Science- Finished science test

Social Studies- Environment Changes and Movement of People. Please make sure your child has completed their social studies packet. Test is tomorrow

Special: Art

Reminders: Halloween Party and S.S. Test tomorrow

Picture Retake day and S.S. Project due on Thurs.

Half-Day and Raffle Tickets due Fri.

Good Evening Parents,

As promised here is the Answer Key to the math review for tomorrow’s test. I will also be placing this underneath the Unit 1 Study Guide page. Enjoy! If you have any questions feel free to email!

End-Of-Module 1 Review Answer Key

Happy Almost Halloween Families!

This is our final week of our first card marking for Lindbergh, and things are heating up in our classroom! Please continue to work on study guides this week and our projects. If you ever need any help or any other resources, please never hesitate to ask. We have Mystery Science Videos uploaded for extra help, and we have plenty of math resources available as well. Stay tuned for a social studies review game tomorrow and the answers to our math study guide!

On Wednesday we also will be having our Halloween Party from 2:30-3:15. If you would like to stop by you are more then welcome to, however please just e-mail me to let me know you are coming! In addition, if you would like to donate Halloween treats please see the Sign Up Genius below:

Halloween Party Sign-Up Genius

Listed below are some of the items we will be covering this week.

Reading- Wrapping up our “Stellaluna” book study and discussing nonfiction text features

Writing- Sensory writing and narrative writing

Math- Math test on Tuesday and studying time and its relation to multiplication

Social Studies- Consequences of using natural resources and push/pull factors of moving to Michigan. Social Studies test on Wednesday morning!

Science- Science Test Today and Halloween STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) project~

Spelling- No spelling this week due to our end of unit tests

Leader in Me- Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind teaches us that we can choose our responses, but we cannot choose the consequences of our responses. This week we will talk about the importance of considering consequences. Ask your child, “What are the positive consequences of working toward your academic goal?”

Upcoming Events this Week

Tuesday- Math Test and Social Studies Review

Wednesday- Social Studies test in the morning and Halloween party starting at 2:30-3:15. Parents are more than welcome to attend. Please just let me know if you are planning on stopping by!

Thursday- Made in Michigan Project Due in class and Fall Photo Retakes

Friday- Raffle Tickets for Holiday Boutique Due and Half-Day for Students

Support Your Child’s Reading Success! I will be placing our first Scholastic Order today at 5 pm. Use the instructions below to order any last minute books for your child if you would like! This is not required! 

TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS

Please turn all tickets or donations to your teacher ASAP. Tickets and money are due by Friday, November 2nd. We are only a quarter of the way to our goal this year and could use some extra help. If you have any questions feel free to contact Vanessa Mkrtumian at (734) 674-1650

Thank You!

Happy Friday parents!

Thank you so much to those parents who have brought in money for Boo Grams. Our school thanks you! I just wanted to remind you of the tests coming up next week. If you need an extra copy of a study guide, please look for the tab on our web page underneath Unit 1 Study Guides. You will find all of the study guides for our tests.

Lastly underneath that page, you will also find that I put the link to our Science Jeopardy game that we played today. This is a fun way to review the science study guide. We played in class but it may give you a new way to study! Feel free to play along with your child.

Here is the test schedule once again:

Test Schedule/Events

Monday- Science Test/ Math Review Day

Tuesday- Math Test/Social Studies Review Day

Wednesday- Social Studies Test at 9:00 am and Halloween Party at 2:30

Thursday- Made in Michigan Project due (see post from 10/12 on web page for more information)

Friday- Half-Day for Students (End of Marking Period 1)

***There will be no spelling test next week due to our testing schedule***

Good Afternoon Parents,

Today in class we ran out of time today to fill out our planners, since we were doing a Mystery Science about magnets! Speaking of Mystery Science, I just uploaded today’s video under our Science Help page. Feel free to watch the video again if your child needs help with science or did not finish their observation sheet.

Here is what we worked on today:

Reading: Synonyms for “said” and point of view of a character using the book “Stellaluna.” We also did Daily 5/Cafe.

Spelling: Buddy Check for Spelling Test

Math: Module 1 Lesson 20: Succeed book pg.81-82 problems 1-3.

Science: What can magnets do? Magnets are Weird w.s. (worked on in class, will be turned in tomorrow). Study for Science test

Social Studies: Natural Resources of Michigan

Special: Media

Reminders: Last day for Boo Grams is tomorrow and book orders are due by Mon. if you are ordering.

Lastly, we will be moving our science test to Monday. That way we have more time to review. Listed below is the updated test schedule. I do apologize for the issues with the timing! I will try to spread out tests in the future. Thank you for being understanding! 

Test Schedule

Friday- Science Review Day

Monday- Science Test/ Math Review Day

Tuesday- Math Test/Social Studies Review Day

Wednesday- Social Studies Test at 9:00 am

Extra Science Fun

This week’s lesson on forces was about the force of magnetism. Your child got to spend time observing and discovering some of the basic properties of magnets!

One fun thing you can do together with your child is to explore this printable chart featuring wonderful household uses for magnets (see link below). This reinforces this week’s learning and also models how engineers or inventors think, something we’re doing more frequently in science class.

https://thesecretyumiverse.wonderhowto.com/how-to/11-weird-and-wonderful-uses-for-magnets-0137723/

Good Afternoon Parents,

Today I created a new tab on our web page for Mystery Science Videos and help. On that web page you will find the links to the mystery science videos that review some of the concepts and go over the experiments we did in class. Feel free to watch at home and even try some of the experiments if you would like. This would also be a great tool to use for studying.

In addition, today the math study guide went home. Our math test is tentatively scheduled for Monday.  Please work with your child on the study guide and please return the study guide to class on Friday. We will be going over problems in class that day.

Thank you so much once again!

Good Afternoon Parents/Guardians,

Please see the attached letter below from the main office today. We have had a case of Head Lice identified in our classroom. The letter requests that as a precaution that you please check your child for lice and report any cases to our school office. The letter also goes over what Lice is and some of the procedures that you should follow.

Thank you!

Office Note-Lice

Due to popular demand, I have now updated a new tab on our blog. Underneath Math Help you will find a link to the student homework book. This will be extremely helpful if your child has accidentally forgotten to rip out the page out of our book, or if your child is absent! In addition, I have also posted the parent help sheet for each module underneath that tab. Lastly, you will find a link to Khan Academy. This will have additional videos to help you that are different from what I post on our main web page.

Today your child learned how to use the distributive property to decompose larger problems using division. Listed below is the YouTube video that covers what we taught. Feel free to use it!