Week of October 27th

Check out what is happening this week in room 402!!

Ride the Weekly Wave:

Math-We will continue practicing multiplying double digit by double digit numbers. We will be using different strategies such as the area model, lattice multiplication, standard, window, and expanded form. Check out our blog this week for videos and study tips of multiplication strategies! We will also begin basic division.

Reading-We will be continue off our new “Tread Lightly on the Earth” PBL this week!! We will have guided reading groups with leveled articles on the topic and practice using non-fiction text features in the War of the Woods: The Pacific Northwest Logging Argument book. Students will use evidence from BOTH sides of the argument-loggers vs. environmentalists.

ELA/Writing-In Writer’s Workshop, we are practicing how to make sentences more interesting by using conjuctions. We will integrate these lessons with reading as we write an argument for or against logging based on War of the Woods.

Social Studies-We are reviewing why the 13 colonies were split into 3 regions and what the main differences are between New England, Middle, and Southern colonies. We will test on the 13 colonies this Friday.

Science-We will continue our Animals unit as we learn about how organisms affect their environment. To go along with our PBL, we will be learning ways that humans negatively and positively affect the air, water, and trees through videos and articles. 

News from the Beach:                         

**Field Trip Forms and $$ for Historic Brattonsville (on Nov. 6^th) are due Friday, October 31^st!! Be looking for a reminder/information sheet this week!

Upcoming Events:  

·       Oct. 28^th Tuesday- AWARDS DAY AT 8:30!

·       Red Ribbon Week is this week! (Tuesday-Dress your Best, Wednesday-School Colors, Thursday-Favorite College Shirt, Friday-Career Outfit for CAREER DAY!)

Subway Fit Challenge is this week-we will be recording which students eat fruit & veggies, go on walks, drink water, and exercise! Help me encourage your child to make HEALTHY choices!!

Set Sail for…Upcoming Tests/Projects:

·       Thursday-Vocabulary Test on PBL vocab. Words *Study TIPS chart of 8 words in “Tread Lightly” Section of Reading Notebook

·       Friday-Social Studies Test on 13 original colonies *Study 2 sets of notes and colony classification is Social Studies notebook

·       Friday-Reading Test on Non-Fiction Text Features *Study NF Text Features foldable and notes in Reading Notebook

Homework for the Week:

(please refer to your child's agenda daily for more details-this is only an OUTLINE of what to expect):

·       Read  2 steps (30 minutes) for 100 BC and sign Reading Log *every* night

·       Return Signed Papers by Tuesday *sent home Monday*

·       PBL Vocabulary Flashcards

·       Study for Social Studies and Reading tests

100 BC GOALS: 

Good-121

Better- 220

CASSY is our *star* student this week for showing the life skills of RESPONSIBILITY and INTEGRITY! Way to go Cassy!!! :)