November 5, 2012

Student of the Week
Sam

 A Big Thanks to the parents for organizing an awesome Halloween party for our class. The children had an great time making bats and playing games provided and/or chaperoned  by Mrs. Bowler, Lora Lafin, Mrs. Singh, Mrs. Srbinov, and Mrs. Townsend. We would also like to thank the parents that donated food and paper products.

Remember to log in your reading minutes for PAWS for Reading at:  www.scholastic.com/paws to help donate books to children in need.  The class has currently read 260 minutes, making a donation of 13 books.

     Reading

      Theme: Wrap-Up Overview

Connecting and Comparing

Literature

The stories for this week are

Owl Moon and Owls.

Owl Moon is realistic fiction.

A little girl and her father look

for owls in the woods on a cold

winter night.

Owls is a nonfiction story that gives

facts about what owls look like,

where they live, and how they hunt

for food.

Vocabulary Words

clearing         active

owling           swoops

echo              blend

pumped        outlined

meadow        curved

shadow

  Math
  We will review for the test on Chapter 6, 2-Digit Addition.  We will       begin Chapter 7, Explore 2-Digit Subtraction.  Students will practice   counting back by tens to subtract multiples of ten.

Science

We will review for the test on Chapter 1, Living and Nonliving
   Things.

Social Studies

Unfortunately, Mr. Healy from Junior Achievement was unable to        come this week.  He was in New York and was unable to make it      back due to the storms.  We are looking forward to 

having him come next week.  

We will be identifying cause-effect relationships and identifying           landforms and bodies of water.

  Homework
   Reading - read 20 minutes and complete Reading Log
   Math - worksheet and practice math facts

* Please check your child's Take Home Folder.
   The highlighted math facts and spelling words should be practiced. *Please check your child's homework and have your child correct any mistakes.