Wed., Nov. 27 No School – Thanksgiving Break
Thur., Nov. 28 No School – Thanksgiving Break
Fri., Nov. 29 No School – Thanksgiving Break
All School Skating Party
Thursday, November 21
6:00-8:00PM
Cost for Skating Admission - $4.50
Free admission if you are just watching!
HOMEWORK:
Language Arts: Students have a nonfiction piece about bees to read, respond to 5 questions, and write the main idea and 4 facts.
READING HOMEWORK PROJECT DUE DECEMBER 1st
Students have an assignment that is due December 1st. They have received the assignment and instructions to take home. They will use the chapter book they are reading at home/ between home and school to complete a character cube. One of the goals is to be sure kids are reading at home in addition to school.
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FUSION PAGE Mrs. Blowers Fusion Page
You can find fractions and other math links here as well as spelling, grammar, and sites for reading.
FUSION PAGE Mrs. Blowers Fusion Page
You can find fractions and other math links here as well as spelling, grammar, and sites for reading.
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WGVU VISIT:
WGVU VISIT:
The kids enjoyed their pizza party on Friday! The video taken by WGVU will begin showing after Thanksgiving and will run for 3 weeks during morning and afternoon kids programming. If students want a copy of it in order to see themselves, I will be able to provide that later.
Extra Recess:
Our class won the extra Power Pops recess this week for the 2nd week in a row! Great job everyone!
PICTURES: If you click under the "PHOTOS" tab above there are some pictures posted there. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MATH:
This week we began our Place Value unit. We have been learning whole number and decimal place value to the thousandths. Just an FYI- our next unit will be multiplying and dividing fractions. We will review previous fraction skills throughout our Place Value unit.
PLEASE have your kids work on their math facts!! They are able to do XTRAMATH at home on the computer in addition to flashcards and other practice activities.
There are some decimal tutorials under the "MATH" tab.
READING
We will wrap up with Long Way from Chicago in Book Club after which we will be working with no-fiction texts again. I am rotating among groups daily. We are focusing on comprehension strategies such as summarizing as we read, asking questions, using text clues, vocabulary building, and using text support.
WRITING:
Students are reading their Tribe Reports. Our next writing pieces will be a summary and a persuasive piece which we will begin later this week.
SCIENCE: We reviewed Newton's First Law of motion and added Newton's 2nd Law of Motion performing a couple investigations to prove it. We did the study guide for our 2nd quiz which will be on Friday. We played ZAP! - a popular review game. We review the study guide in class and play jeopardy for review as well. The study guide will come home on Wednesday.
We continue to talk about ways forces and motion apply to our lives all the time every day!
SPELLING:
I will send it home Lesson 10 on Monday The The test will be Friday skill this coming week is PREFIXES. We will also work on past tense and adjectives.
If your child wants to play games/ practice tests, go to:
Spelling City
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