Friday Newsletter

What a crazy week it has been! Columbus Day, field trip, fire house visit, and lock down drills!

Here's a look at what we did this week:

Math - The beginning of our week was spent on 2-7, the last lesson in Unit 2. Now, Unit 2 has officially come to an end as we work on our study guide and study for the test on Tuesday, October 20. Unit 3 will focus on adding and subtracting with place value.

Social studies - Social studies was interactive this week as we learned intermediate directions and map scale. Students had fun creating their own made up maps and then having peers answer questions on how far away the different buildings were. The field trip to the nature museum was also social studies related as students were able to see models of dams, levees, and reservoirs in the water area of the museum. It was great to see students connect what we were learning about in class to our trip.

Science – We’ve moved on from focusing on the sun and moon and are now learning how to identify and describe the planets in our solar system. We compared the number of moons of each planet and the amount of time it takes each planet to rotate once.

Religion - Chapter 3 wrapped up this week as we discussed how the Church honors Mary at the beginning of the week and took our quiz yesterday. Chapter 4 continues by discussing women of faith.

Reading - With a short week, we veered from our usual textbook story to focus on learning the QAR (question answer relationship) strategy of comprehension questions. Students learned the different types of questions and how to answer them: right there, think and search, author and me, and on my own. 

Writing - A lot of students made some great gains with their personal narrative this week! Most students are focusing on the revising stage as we go back through our drafts and add detail. Next week we will start to edit and some students may even be ready to move onto publishing!

Reminders:
- Fall Family Fun Night forms due October 21st
- Parent teacher conference forms due October 30th
- Halloween Lunch forms due October 23rd

- I sent home scholastic order forms due Friday, October 30th

Have a great weekend!

- Miss Rizzo