Week of October 10th

Are you loving this rain??? It's been a great rainy day weekend! We needed it so badly! Hope you've enjoyed it! Here is a look at the week ahead:

Reading - The children are working on finishing up their leveled novels independently now.  They have to be completed and an AR test taken by Fall Break.  I have about 4 early finishers already! Wow! I will give them about 20 - 30 minutes daily to read this book silently.  They may take the book home as well, if needed.  We will also be working on the reading skill, context clues.

Spelling - Sounds of "u" List 7 on spellingcity.com  The enriched list are the "P" words.

English - Verbs and helping verbs

Math - Mixed adding and subtracting, estimating sums and differences, word problems, and subtracting across zeros  We are still not showing consistent accuracy when doing these concepts, so we are spending one more week on them.  They will get there! Practice, practice, practice!  Don't forget to study those multiplication facts with your child!  Most of them are doing much better now!! Yay! Perseverance!!

Science - We will finish up our geology unit this week.  We will talk about the earth's crust, earthquakes, and volcanoes.  We will also review some notes on Monday.  The children need to take these notes home then to study for their Thursday's test.

Social Studies - We will be discussing the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl days as well as working on our Oklahoma Symbols Book.  The children will have a test on Friday over Oklahoma history.  We will be making a study guide on Tuesday to take home.  I suggest the children study a little each day on both the science study guide and the Oklahoma history study guide so that it's not too overwhelming.  I know evenings can be super busy, but even 10-15 minute reviews for each subject would be beneficial.

That's it for this week!  Don't forget that Student-led conferences are Monday evening!  Looking forward to the other half of the class coming in!  See you then!