• Math homework will now be assigned on-line J on the Think Central website. To access the Think Central website, go to the Sunrise Computer Lab website at http://blogs.egusd.net/sunriselab/;
• access Classlink Portal. On Classlink Portal
• select “Things to Do” and the homework will be aligned with the day’s lesson.
• If your child does not have access to a computer, they may still complete the homework in their Standards and Practice Book.
• Regional Transit bus/light rail passes will be sent home next week so that your child can ride for free on RT.
• DUCKS – Permission slips will be sent home to enter our duck drawings into the Junior Duck Stamp Program Conservation and Design Contest. For every entry we submit, $1 is donated to the education/conservation program.
• Track-off Day (Friday) the class will be making a craft, baking muffins, and playing board games. Students will be allowed to bring in blankets and board games to play.  If you have been “fingerprinted-cleared” by the district, you are welcome to come and join us.  We will begin at approximately 8:45 am.
• The 1^st Book Report will be assigned before we go off-track; however, it won’t be due until January 14^th. This is to accommodate families who might want to work on it when we’re off-track and for students who would rather work on it each evening as homework when we track back on.

In the Classroom we will . . .

Math:  Chapter 5 test is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, November 19^th.  We will begin Chapter 6, Understand Division

• Begin to memorize multiplication and division fact families with triangle flash cards
• Continue to memorize and test on Skip Counting.

Spelling:  Week 13, r-controlled vowels.  I will be using the dictation sentence posted under the “Unit 3, Spelling” link for Week 13.

Reading:  Continue with genre biography and evaluating Cause and Effect in literature and recognizing/understanding metaphors.

Upcoming Dates:

November:

21st:  Academic and Character Awards 8:30 am

22^nd:  Deficiency Notices sent home

22^nd:   Craft, baking, and game day; fingerprinted parents are invited to come!

We Track off; Minimum Day:  Spirit Wear:  Color Rush – one color from head-to-toe

January:

2^nd Thursday:  Track-back-on!

8^th:  Crocker Art Museum field trip

14^th:  Book Report due

20^th:  Holiday of observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.

30^th:  Sheldon High School Performing Arts Field Trip permission slips due (trip on February 19^th)