Welcome Back! The end of the 1st Trimester is quickly approaching: 10/10 is when the 1st Trimester Grading Period Ends. As a reminder, Accelerated Reading (AR) counts for 10% of the students’ reading grades. The goal for the first trimester is 20 points. So far, only a few students have met that goal. :0
Students can take AR tests during their library time, as an Early Finisher activity in class, after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays in the computer lab, and on Wednesdays in the library. Students know how to check how many points they have on line. As a parent, you can also check their points and request to receive e-mails from the program each time your child takes a test.
This month:
ELA: Spelling Unit 2, Weeks 3-5: inflectional endings; contractions; and closed syllables. Grammar – More Sentences/run-on sentences and fragments; Nouns: common, proper, abstract, concrete, plural, and collective nouns.
Genre: Biography; Comprehension strategy and skill: Ask and Answer Questions/Text Structure; reread and Author’s Point of View, respectively. Vocabulary Strategy: Greek roots; and Greek and Latin Prefixes
Math: we finish Chapter 3: The Chapter 3 test will be on approximately October17th, Tuesday. Add and Subtract Decimals; and begin Chapter 4: Multiply Decimals
Science: We continue our investigation into space. We have investigated the Earth’s Rotation and its relation to Day and Night and time; the Earth’s revolution and constellation changes with the season. We will investigate seasonal changes and the sun’s path; moon’s phases and the lunar cycle; and the planets and the solar system.
Social Studies: We are studying North American Native Americans and how the geography and climate affected the way they lived. The students will be creating a group project for a specific region. You should have already seen and initialed the rubric for the project.
October has been and will continue to be a very busy month! We are meeting with our kindergarten buddies in the next week to create October art for our office bulletin board. Please come and view it.
Additional dates and activities that have been added:
10/10, Tuesday: 1st Trimester Grading Period Ends
10/17, Tuesday: Chapter 3 Math Test (?)
10/24, Tuesday: Character Ed Assembly for Responsibility; Report Cards home and Minimum Day: Dismissal at 12:45 pm
10/25, Wednesday: Class Spelling Bee ~ (School-wide Spelling Bee on Thursday, 11/30)