The Week of October 8th through 12th ,2018

Spelling: List #6 Silent E
smile     note     skate     cube     plate     arrive     globe     stripe     flame     rose
white     pancake     beware     confuse     become
Review words:  though     option     lollipop
Challenge words:  extreme     escape
Need to Know words: able     done     above     table     because

**Test will be on Friday, October 12th.  Spelling tests will be the last day of the school week and a new list will be sent home on Fridays.  Students who pass the pretest on Monday with 100% will not have to take the test on Friday.

Reading/ELA:

• Focusing on adjectives
• Working on writing:  How authors use dialogue in their personal narratives.
• Character Traits:  Looking at Characters in stories and identifying character traits used.
• Vocabulary focus:
• Our words this week are:  oppose,  snide,  heap,  diverse,  origin
• Our WOW word will be: connection
• We are starting Robin Hood as our school-wide book selection for October.  Students will be able to dress up as characters from the book, Robin Hood on October 31st! Don't be afraid to be creative! 

Math:

• This week before Fall Break we will be going over all of the multiplication basics we have been studying.  We will be covering the Identity Property of Multiplication, Zero Property of Multiplication, and Commutative Property.
• Homework will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Homework is due the following morning. Five points will be added in the grade book for homework returned and completed.  Students who forget their homework can log on to enVision which is a link on the right side of this blog page. The homework that would have been on the page is on the website.  I will list the lesson number below under homework.   

Science:

• Scientific Process:  Focusing on identifying the problem, finding a possible solution, trying to solve with the materials provided and solving the problem.  

Character Education Focus:  

• Our September focus will be on TRUSTWORTHINESS. 

 Trustworthiness is 

• Being reliable; do what you say you’ll do
• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Being loyal; stand by your friends
• Being honest
• Not deceiving, cheating or stealing

Homework:

• Math homework 
• Monday, Oct 8th:  Commutative Property of Multiplication
• Tuesday, October 9th:  Fact Fluency Practice
• Wednesday, Oct 10th: Identity Property and Zero Property of Multiplication.

• Reading homework-20 minutes minimum per evening.  Put minutes on reading calendar which will be due the first week of October.  Reading homework requirement is 400 minutes per month for 100% in grade book.  Starting with the October reading calendar, students who read at least 400 minutes for the month and turn it in the first week of November will receive a free personal pizza coupon for Pizza Hut in addition to their grade.
• Reading calendars for September were due by Friday, Oct 5th.  They are a part of your student's grade in Reading.  

Dates to remember:

• October 15th through 19th:  NO SCHOOL for Fall Break
• October 24th:  End of 1st quarter.
• October 26th:  Harvest Festival from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 
• October 31st:  Book Celebration based on the classic, Robin Hood. Party information will be sent in October.
• November 2nd: Parent Teacher Conferences from 8 am to 7 pm.  I will send sign up information in October.