Week of October 7th

READING:We continue to read the story  "Roberto Clemente". We are working on vocabulary, character traits, comprehension, and cause and effect. The students are learning to identify different character traits and how characters affect a story. We are working on a baseball project which is due on Tuesday. They are each researching a baseball player and presenting their information on a jersey that they design. In grammar, we are working on plural nouns. Also, we are learning how cause is related to the effect in the story. We are taking the OAA TEST on TUESDAY, OCT. 8th. Make sure your child has plenty of sleep the night before and a good breakfast! They may bring a snack and water bottle and a small stuffed animal for the test. NO STRESS....JUST DO YOUR BEST! :)

WRITING:

We are currently working to write creative stories. We continue to be creative in our SQUIGGLE stories this week. This is  where the students receive a squiggle mark, then have to draw something using the squiggle and then write about it! We creating  some awesome writing in our journals and we are exciting to do so many writing projects!  We continue to work on writing Weekend Reports every Monday. We are focusing on writing a complete sentence with a capital letter, a complete thought, and an endmark. We are also learning to use graphic organizers to help with our prewrites. With every sentence we write, we try to think of one good detail sentence to add to our stories. The kids will be winning Squiggle Puppy in their journal writing...We look for GREAT details, CORRECT capitalization and punctuation, and a great story! :)

SPELLING: 

There is no spelling test this week ....words will ALWAYS be placed in the agenda for the week. Test will always be every other WED. Our next test is October 16th.

If you're on a challenge list... make sure you check your agenda for the word list. All word lists are posted weekly in the agenda.

MATH:
 On Monday, we will start CH 4, multiplication and patterns. We will be working with fact families.The students will be learning how to use arrays to help solve multiplication problems. We will also be starting timed multiplication tests. Check the agenda nightly to see what test your child is currently taking.  Continue to watch for HOMELINKS coming home weekly to work on and return. 

SCIENCE: 

We are learning about different soils, parts of soils, how to conserve soil, plant adaptations to different environments, and the plants parts and importance of each. We will have a guest speaker from the Delaware Co. Soil and Conservation Dept. Dona Rhea. The students will get to experience all kinds of hands on projects with this unit. We will need each student to bring in a baggie of soil. The test for SOIL only will be on Friday, Oct. 11th. We will do plant projects through the 17th. 

HANDWRITING:

We are learning our cursive letters. We are using the Handwriting without Tears program. You received a copy of the letters on Curriculum night. Keep practicing and check out the link for Handwriting Without Tears for helpful hints and practice tips. Click Here.