Notices and Reminders:
FIELD TRIP:
We will be visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday, November 4th. Don't forget to bring a lunch and snack and please be to school on time.
PARENT CONFERENCES/ REPORT CARDS:
Parent Conferences will be held the week of November 12th (school is closed Monday 11/11 for Veterans' Day). Please look for your appointment slip coming home this Monday. Due to the number of conferences and the short school week, conferences will be limited to 15 minutes and one conference per child. I look forward to meeting with each of you.
MAKE-UP PICTURE DAY IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
We will be retaking our class picture.
REMINDERS:
* Please make sure to check and sign your child's Homework Log each evening.
* Check out the class garden bed outside of room 17. Wow! Thank you Garden Team!!!
What's Going On This Week In Class:
Math:
Long Division continued; Determining if a Number is Prime or Composite; Long division quiz on Friday.
Fact Practice: "Multiplication Madness" (daily, 1 min. multiplication fact practice). Please work with your child to help him/her memorize facts x1-x12.
Writing:
We are continuing to work on:
- Organizing ideas for powerful paragraphs
- Identifying and writing complex sentences with conjunctions
Reading:
We will continue reading Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis. This week we will be identifying the author's use of similes and metaphors in the text. Students will also be viewing some parts of the PBS documentary "Riding the Rails".
Wondering if that book your reading has an AR quiz? Wondering what level that book is?
Go to www.arbookfind.com to find out. Remember, you can (and should!) be taking quizzes on the books you are reading at home.
Greek and Latin Roots Homework:
Here's a way to practice your words: Visit www.spellingcity.com. From the blue bars at the top of the page, click on "Find A List". Search lists by Teacher's Name -> enter "Safini Convey". You will see a link to this week's word list. Use the many free games and puzzles (there is even a practice test you can take) to help you learn this week's list. Let me know if you have any problems. Have fun!
This week's prefixes (mono, uni = one, bi, du = two) and roots (aqua, aqui = water)
monopoly
unicorn
unify
dual
bisect
aqua
aquatic
aquatics
aquaculture
aqueduct
Students should turn in their completed work (between 70 and 100 points) on Friday this week. A quiz on the word spellings and meanings will also be on Friday. If students choose to make crossword puzzle, they may use an online free puzzle maker such as www.puzzle-maker.com. Students must make a crossword puzzle (not a word search) and the must generate their own definitions of the word. Please have your child do his or her own typing.
Arts:
Looking at and thinking about contemporary art at MOCA.
PE:
- Juggling
- Students will have Focus Fish (PE with Coach Z) Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Social Studies/Science:
Native Groups of California
Class/Team Building:
This week our focus will be on listening and using our time in class wisely.
