Week of October 4-8

Important Dates:
Book orders due Friday 10/8
Spelling Test Friday 10/8

Classroom Chatter

October Scholastic book orders went home on Friday. The deadline to order will be Friday 10/8. I encourage anyone who is interested in purchasing books to try ordering online. It is very simple and safe! I attached the directions to the book orders. Thanks!


Spelling:
We are on list 6 this week: more long vowel words. We will take a pretest on Monday. Homework will be sent home on Monday and due Friday. The test will be Friday.

English:
We will continue with Unit 2, Nouns. This week,we will learn about plural nouns, plural possessive nouns, and special plural nouns. Student will also be sharing their Me Bag essays. Their essays will then be placed into their writing portfolios. You will see these portfolios at conferences. They are not going to be graded.

Reading:
We will continue to work on the comprehension strategy of making inferences this week.

Science
We finished chapter 4 on Ecosystems. There will not be a chapter test. We began Chapter 9 this week. Chapter 9 teaches us about weather.

Social Studies
This week we will begin learning all about the history of Downers Grove.

Math
This week we will finish up chapter 2 with a check your progress on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will play a review game. Friday will be chapter 2's test. Students in the "Challenge Group" that received -1 or -2 can take the test to improve their grade. The better of the two grades will be recorded. A multiplication packet went home this week. Start studying multiplication facts! The week of 10/11, we will begin multiplication mad minutes. Students will only have 16 problems to answer in 90 seconds. The first test will be on x0 and x1. The following week, we'll start x2 and continue a new fact each week. Students have 3 chances to earn 5 points for each fact. Every day after that, a point is lost.