November 3rd-7th

It is hard to believe it is already November!  The end of the first trimester is November 25th, so please check in with your students and continue to encourage them to meet their trimester goals.  As the weather is getting colder, please remind students to dress appropriately for recess.  Sandals and T-shirts are no longer safe outside attire!

Here is what we will be busy learning next week in our classroom:

Language Arts:

Comprehension: Theme- When reading at home, ask your student what the lesson being learned in the story is.

Writing: We will be completing our Veteran's Day Poetry final drafts and voting on who will read theirs during the late start ceremony. I have been so impressed by the amazing poets we have in our rooms!

Word Study- We now have a couple of different lists/patterns going on due to the different needs and spelling abilities in our room.  Students will continue to bring home a hard copy of the list as well as writing their words into their agendas on Mondays.  All students will still test on their words on Fridays.

Vocabulary- Greek and Latin Word Parts (photo, graph, auto, tele)
Our words of the week are focus, promote, critic, target, thrill

Goal Check In- Students should be at a minimum of 7 books by the 7th.  This will help their success toward the goal of 10 by the end of the trimester.

Math:

In our math classes we will continue to work on solving word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  We will identify place value of numbers to the thousands column and we will read, write, and round numbers out to the thousands, as well. 

In Social Studies class, we will be studying the states that are located in the Western Region of the United States. The students will be expected to have memorized their state capitals and be able to identify each state on a United States map.