Week of 10/19

Halloween is coming quickly, and I'm sure most children have their Halloween costumes planned by now. Just a few guidelines:
Please make sure that the costumes are school-appropriate
No weapons allowed
Costumes need to be comfortable enough to wear throughout the day.

Here's what we are learning this week:

Religion: Chapter 2--The Sacraments of initiation welcome us into the church. There will be a chapter test on Friday.

Language Arts: We have finished our unit, so this week is a review week. That means no new story or Spelling words. We will be taking our Unit 1 skills tests.

Math: Adding with regrouping, estimating sums, making a table to solve problems.

Social Studies: We are at the end of chapter 1. Instead of a test, students will make a map of California and label important California regions and locations.

Have a great week!

Week of 10/25

A few special announcements this week:

We are having an ice cream party on Wednesday after lunch to celebrate our full marble jar earned by great behavior.

P.S. Science begins on Tuesday with Ms. Julie.

A special 6 week art program begins this Thursday.

Here's what we are learning this week:

LANGUAGE ARTS:
Spelling--words with long and short i: animals, bright, might, tight, sight, lights, my, why, fly, dry, sky, visit, picnic, winter, mint, interest. Tests on Thursday and Friday.

Reading--Allie's Basketball Dream. Vocabulary words--bounced, basketball, shoot, aimed, playground, gift. We are working on learning about the characters from their words and actions.
Story test on Friday.

Language--Writers' Workshop and writing commands and exclamations.

MATH:
Finishing up chapter 1. Test on Wednesday. Then we will begin chapter 2--adding and subtracting with related facts, estimating sums.

SOCIAL STUDIES:
California's physical features and regions.

RELIGION: The three sacraments of initiation welcome us and make us part of the church.