Week of October 21st

Our Halloween Party will be on Thursday, October 24th. Please be sure your child has 2 empty toilet paper rolls so that they are able to participate in our spooktacular craft. Students should bring their costume to school in a bag, we will change into costumes prior to the 10:00 parade. We have early release on this day. Students will end their day at 12:40.

Reading News:

On Monday, we will start our new unit, nonfiction. This will be a great opportunity for students to build on the skills they have already developed as nonfiction readers and add a few more strategies to their reading toolbox. During independent time students will focus on reading nonfiction texts. However, we would still like them to read fiction at home and jot in their readers notebooks. Below is a picture of the expectations for their readers notebooks. As a class we developed and discussed the expectations for each graded level. Students should continue to turn in their reader's notebooks after each chapter book they finish.

 

 

 

 

Important information for this week:

 

 - Due to the short week, we will not have word study.

- Look for math tests to come home with your child on Monday. Please sign the sticker in their assignment notebooks stating that you have seen your child's test and discussed it with them.

- On Friday, students brought home their vocabulary words and answer key to help prepare for their quiz on Wednesday. The quiz will have an emphasis on matching the vocabulary terms with their definition.