Special Notes:
Save the Date:
November 15th at 9am is the culminating performance for the Voices Within program. The 9am performance has been reserved for parents. The 10:30 performance is geared to the student body and is slightly different. There is also very limited seating at the 10:30. Please try to come at 9am.
Accelerated Reader:
The students are making good progress towards the goal of 100 points achieved through 90% or greater accuracy on comprehension quizzes. Many of the students have completed or are nearly finished with their "Genre Blackout" squares! Please ask your child about his or her progress so far.
Halloween:
The Halloween parade will be held at 1:30 on Wednesday, October 31 in the morning line-up area. Students wishing to participate in the parade should bring their costumes in a labeled bag. They will have time to change into their costumes after lunch. All are welcome to come watch and enjoy the parade, however please do not send treats /goodie bags/ candy for the class on this day. Thank you in advance for your understanding!
What's Going on in the Class:
Math:
Grade 4: Topic 7 Estimating and long division continued...
Grade 5: Topic 7 Division with decimals continued...
Reading:
Both grades will be taking the Quarter 1 Literacy Assessment this week.
Grade 4- "Wild Horses"- reading non-fiction narrative; Identifying cause and effect.
Grade 4- "Wild Horses"- reading non-fiction narrative; Identifying cause and effect.
Grade 5- "Life of a Cowboy" - reading a biography of Afirican-American cowboy Bob Lemmons; Making inferences.
Writing:
Literacy Assessment:Writing a fictional narrative; Using showing instead of telling; Using the writing process.
Arts:
Voices Within- Students should be practicing the songs daily with their CDs. Students should have all 6 songs memorized by Thursday.
Visual Arts: Positive and negative space
Social Studies:
Grade 4: Unit 2: Early People of California
Grade 5: Unit 2: European Settlers in the New World.
Vocabulary/ Greek and Latin roots:
This week's roots are jur, jus, jud = law or justice.
The words are:
abjure
judge
jurisdiction
jurist
jury
just
justice
justification
justify
perjury
Additional: Building portfolios and Goal-Setting.
Upcoming: On November 6, grades 4-6 will be having a special election day learning rotation. Your child can visit http://pbskids.org/democracy to learn more about the election, participate in a mock vote, design an election poster, play games, and more.
Book Orders:
You may now order Scholastic books online using the link below. Our class activation code is LN6CP. You may order books each month. Orders will be submitted by me on the 16th of each month, so please order prior to the 16th if you are interested. Your online orders generate points for our class which can be redeemed to add books to our classroom library. Thank you!
Scholastic Book Orders
And, Finally...
We are well-stocked on paper towels, tape, and copy paper. Thank you!
We are in need of the following items for our class:
glue sticks
pencils
tissue
Thank you in advance for your donations!
