October 8, 2010

READING

Next week we will be working on a Reading/Writing Workshop. We will be concentrating on Descriptive Writing. We will be using descriptive words to write a paragraph about our own Halloween costumes.

We will follow the writing process of topic selection and use our five senses to describe our costumes.

In grammar we will be working on run on sentences.

MATH

In math we will be focusing on odd/even numbers, greater than, less than and equal to when comparing numbers (<,>,=). Please remember to practice flash cards daily.

Science

We will be finishing our unit on living things. Our test in Science will be on Thursday or Friday next week. Our next unit in Science will be a continuation of living things. We will be learning about mammals, amphibians, reptiles and life cycles.

Social Studies

We started Junior Achievement this week. Our teacher is Mr. Lighthall. He teaching us about “Our Community” to supplement our social studies curriculum. We are discovering a variety of occupations, developing an awareness of how businesses operate within the community, and increase their understanding of how citizens must take responsibility for the well-being of the community.

Student of the Week

Marina is the Student of the Week! She likes to play play soccer, play the piano and speaks Arabic. Her favorite animal is a giraffe and her favorite color is red. When Marina grows up he wants to be a Teacher.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Oct. 11^th – Columbus Day – No school

Oct. 20^th – Early Dismissal Day

Oct. 22^rd– Halloween Fun Fest

Oct. 25^th – Field Trip

Oct. 29th– Halloween Parade and Party

Nov. 2^nd – Institute Day – No School

Nov. 10^th – Picture Retakes