Week 8
“Be the type of person you want to meet.” – Anonymous
Our first Extra Effort Opportunity is due on Tuesday, October 22nd. If you misplaced the paper, here is the link. I am excited to see what the wonderful Third Grade students have put together.
Permission slips for our trip on November 1st to Sagamore Hill are past due. Please send them in on Monday.
On Monday, I am sending home book orders. They are due on Monday, October 28th. Remember you can order directly from Scholastic using the classroom code GZBYH. Here is the link to their website.
Next Thursday, October 31st, we are having a Fall Party. If you haven’t sent in your $10 contribution towards the class parties, please do so now. I am extremely grateful to our class parents, Mrs. Lanier and Mrs. Yee, for coordinating everything.
I mistakenly did not send home the instrument schedule this past Friday. All instrument students will bring home the schedule home on Monday. No one in the class has lessons on Monday.
This week in Math, we are finishing our study of data representation and then we will begin multiplication. We will be focusing on multiplication for three chapters. On Chapter 2 test is on Tuesday.
In Social Studies we are learning about the history of Mexico.
In Science, we are studying forces.
This is a testing week for ELA. Our story is Bat Loves the Night and the poem A Bat is Born. We will be focusing on the target skills “sequence of events” and “domain specific vocabulary”. We will also be looking at the strategy “questioning”. The vocabulary words are twitch, swoops, squeak, echoes, detail, slithers, snuggles, and dozes. The suffixes -able and -ible will also be part of the vocabulary. The spelling words are more, toast, easy, socks, Friday, stuff, paid, cheese, June, elbow, program, shiny, piles, sticky, each, both, comb, and holiday. In grammar, we are focusing on verbs. In writing we are focusing on drafting “Personal Narrative Master-Pieces”. We are taking tests on comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and spelling this week.
Our Religion test this week will be on Matthew-2 Thessalonians. They are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians,1 Thessalonians, and 2 Thessalonians. We have been listening to the song here. As with all things on the internet, please make sure that your child is supervised.
TEST and QUIZZES
Tuesday Math Chapter 2
Wednesday: Religion Memory Test
Thursday: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar and Spelling Test
Have a wonderful week. Remember there is no school on Friday. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]