Happy Columbus Day! Picture Retakes will be this Wednesday, and Friday is a half-day. There are several tests this week and next; spellingcity.com and sadlierconnect.com are both excellent resources for review games, as well as studiesweekly.com. Students are familiar with all of these websites. If you have not sent back your child’s progress report, please do so this week.

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Religion: We are beginning Unit 2 with Chapter 5, which focuses our attention on following the example of Jesus. Students are bringing home the parent letter for Unit 2.

Math: We are finishing up work on Unit Two. We will have the test on Wednesday. Students need to complete ixL Math skills J 4 and J 5 by next Monday.

Reading Workshop: We continue learning strategies for becoming stronger readers. Students should be reading the same book at school and at home, using a new reading log at the start of each week. Please sign the reading log for all reading done at home. Click here for a copy of the reading log. reading-log

Reading Fluency: Students should complete fluency homework #8. This will be due next Monday.

Writer’s Workshop: This week we are working on writing strong leads and strong endings for our stories.

Spelling: We have started Unit 7; the test will be on Friday

Vocabulary: We continue our study of Unit 4 words. The test will be on Friday.

Grammar: We are concluding our first unit; the test will be on Wednesday.

Social Studies: We are concluding our study of the four regions of California. Students are completing work on Studies Weekly issues 3 and 4; next week, students will take an essay test: they will write one paragraph about each region, telling what they learned about each of them.

Science: We are making ecosystem posters in groups; the test on Chapter one will be on Thursday. Click here for a copy of the study sheet, which students received today in class. chp-one-study-sheet

Thanking you for your continuing support,

Mrs. Mary Dwyer