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Class Caption Book
*Homework this weekend- There is math homework this weekend. It should be highlighted in planners.
Students should be reading each day in their book for their book project.
* November Book Project: It is due December 1st.
There are 4 choices for this month's project.
Students received the paper for this last week and we went over each option.
TCB: In order to earn the next TCB trip, students can't miss ANY homework assignments in ANY class, get sent to the office, or have numerous behavior issues or issues with responsibility. Students can lose this opportunity from any one or more teachers. I routinely ask students if they have their homework, to doublecheck, to highlight it in planners, to check their planner EVERY DAY at home even if they think there isn't homework, etc.
ADVICE TO PARENTS FROM ONE WHO HAS THROWN AWAY HOMEWORK TWICE AND LEARNED HER LESSON: Don't throw any papers out for your children- they should know what can be thrown or not and should do it on their own to prevent mistakes. If they are unsure, they should hold onto the papers and ask the teacher of that class.
MATH: I will add video tutorials to the Math Tab & email when these are ready.
Your child should have brought his/her PLace Value test home last week. Decimals come back again soon and PLace Value will be reviewed again. We began our unit on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions on Thursday. Wednesday we took a little review "quiz" just to see where we are with the basics of fractions that we have already been through. I will be assisting students that need it with review. Thursday we began multiplying fractions and whole numbers and did this with Skittles which made it fun, visual, and yummy! We will do a lot of drawing and explaining situations along with the basic algorithm. We will continue with multiplying whole numbers and fractions and move into multiplying fractions by fractions next.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Students will complete their compare/contrast piece about Auggie from Wonder who has a facial deformity and Ethan from a factual article we read who has a deformity of the hands and feet. We spent a lot of time looking over our previous compare/contrast piece and discussing ways to improve in several areas. We began reading the book, A Long Way from Chicago and will be dividing up into groups for book club to read this novel. It is set back in the Depression Era so we spent some time going through a presentation about this time period to give students some background knowledge. This novel is always a favorite.
SCIENCE
We spent time learning about flight and how lift, drag, thrust, and weight are all involved. We watched a good Bill Nye video that explained well. Then students had a coulpe days to desighn and test paper airplanes, redesign and test, and then we will have a final competition for fun on Monday. Tuesday we will begin our investigation of magnetic force.
Spelling: We
took the skill and proofreading tests Friday. This will come home
Monday. Students typically have a lesson, homework page (which often
gets completed in class)
The skill this coming week is prefixes and their purpose.
Grammar: we learned about prepositions this week and will learn more about verbs next week.
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