Week of October 29th

Teacher Institute Monday, October 29th

Reminder - Math Checkpoint Quiz on Friday.

Language Arts

We will be wrapping up a portion of the ISAT book at the beginning of this week . I will be reading a lot of examples of homonyms, homophones, analogies, and idioms through a variety of books. Ask your child about what was their favorite.

Math

We are well into Chapter 3, Graphing. The students seem to really enjoy this chapter thus far. On Friday, November 2nd there will be a Checkpoint Quiz that comes from pages 104-105. Please check homework written in assignment notebook daily.

Week of October 22nd

Teacher Institute Monday, October 29th

Reminder - you can check grades online daily.


Language Arts
We will be working in our ISAT book this week reviewing some of the following : prefixes, suffixes, root words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, idioms, and analogies. Next week we will begin Unit 3 – Verbs.



Math
We will be wrapping up with Chapter 2 on Monday. Your child has thorough notes and a study aide to assist with studying for the test. We will then begin Chapter 3, Graphing, on Tuesday. Please check homework written in assignment notebook daily.

Week of October 15th

Early Dismissal Wednesday, October 17th @ 11:00 a.m..

Thursday, October 18th 6:30-8:00 Book Fair

Last week was mid-semester. Reminder - you can check grades online daily.

Language Arts
We will be wrapping up Unit 2 on Nouns this week. On Monday, the study guide will be collected for a grade. They will be tested on Unit 2 - Nouns on Tuesday, Oct. 16th. The study guide can be used as a study aide, because the majority of the test questions will come directly from the study guide. Help your child review for this test. On Thursday we will begin Unit 3 – Verbs.

Math
In math we will be wrapping up with Chapter 2 this week. Your child will be taking thorough notes in class to assist with homework and will be receiving homework each night. These notes should further assist in studying for the test. We will be reviewing the second half of the chapter towards the end of the week. Your child can use pages 76-77 to review for the quiz. Page 81 should be a good page to help your child study for the upcoming test. There will be a test on Chapter 2 on Monday. Please check homework written in assignment notebook daily.

Week of October 8th

No school Monday - Columbus Day!

Please check your child's grades online as it is mid-semester this week.

Language Arts
We will be continuing our unit on nouns this week. The students will be designing an animal out of different animal parts as a hands on activity for possesive nouns. They will also be writing a poem about a family member using only proper nouns. Students will recieve a study guide on Friday Oct. 12 to complete over the weekend, and they will be tested on Unit 2 - Nouns on Monday Oct. 15th. The study guide should be used as a study aide, because the majority of the test questions will come directly from the study guide. Help your child review for this test.

Math
In math we will be continuing with Chapter 2 through this week. We will be reviewing how to add and subtract decimals, two and three digit numbers, and incorporating rounding throughout. Your student will be recieving homework each night, and will be taking thorough notes in class to assist with homework. We will also be playing Math Jeopardy on Friday for fabulous math prizes.

Week of October 1st

Language Arts

This week we started with a test over Unit 1 - The Sentence. Many of the students understood the individual lessons; however, the test seemed to be more difficult for them seeing it was a review of the whole unit, despite multiple review sessions and study guides given. Tests were handed back Tuesday. Hopefully, they will learn to study more for the next Unit test.

On Tuesday we began Unit 2 - Nouns. We watched a School House Rock video and the students seemed to catch on quickly. Friday we will culminate the first five lessons with a quiz. The types of nouns covered are common, proper, singular, and plural nouns.


Math

We are now on to Chapter 2 - Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and Decimals. We are showing the relationship of addition and subtraction. Rounding and estimation are additional lessons covered this week. There should be a quiz over lessons 1-7 (not 6) on Friday.