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***A guest teacher was with us this morning.***

Spelling: Students worked on their spelling packets today. A review spelling quiz will be on Friday. This will consist of 10 words from the first two spelling tests that the class has struggled with.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 30-32 were made available this week and are due on Friday. 

Reading: None today. Students will begin a project this week to share their book with the class.

Writing: Today was a work day in Writer’s Workshop. A piece of writing is due this Friday, November 3.

Math: None today due to the Hawaiian Beach Bash.

Science: None today due to the Hawaiian Beach Bash.

Hawaiian Beach Bash: Our bash was a smash! Thanks to all the parents and families who donated towards the pizza, or provided plates, cups, napkins, fruit, drinks, party favors and decorations. And thank you to all the parents that help set up and clean up for the party! The kids had a blast and we couldn’t have had the party without your help!

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Appointments are now being made for fall conferences, November 14-16. A sign-up sheet is located at the office windows.
• We are looking for donations of cardboard tubes (toilet tissue, paper towel, wrapping paper) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: Students received their spelling tests and corrected their missed words on a Words To Learn list. This is their new spelling list for the next test. The Unit 3 spelling packet was also made available today.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 30-32 were made available this week and are due on Friday. 

Reading: Today was a discussion day in Literature Circles. We also had silent reading WEB.

Writing: None today due to technology.

Math: We reviewed the data landmarks of minimum, maximum, range (the difference between minimum and maximum), and mode (the number that occurs most often), and learned a new landmark called the median (the middle number is a set of data). Homework is to complete Math Boxes 2.6.

Science: Students shared their electricity posters created last week.

Social Studies: We learned about the Western natural resouces of gold and timber.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Hawaiian Beach Bash tomorrow! That’s our Halloween party on October 31 from 2-4 pm. The menu: Hawaiian pizza, fruit kabobs, and punch. Please feel from to come; we could use the help with set-up and tear-down.
• Appointments are now being made for fall conferences, November 14-16. A sign-up sheet is located at the office windows.
• We are looking for donations of cardboard tubes (toilet tissue, paper towel, wrapping paper) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

Spelling: None today due to working on a science experiment involving separating salt and sand. Look for a Words to Learn list on Monday.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 27-29 were reviewed today.

Reading: We used reading time today to work on the sand and salt separation experiment.

Writing: We learned that it is important to use precise nouns when writing (instruction manual, not car booklet; jack, not thing that lifts the car up). Students also used today to work on their draft or start revising. Students should be revising by this weekend. The final piece of writing for this marking period is due Friday, November 3.

Math: Students completed a MiniQuiz today over place value and naming numbers many different ways.

Science: Students continued to work on separating sand and salt.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Hawaiian Beach Bash! That’s our Halloween party on October 31 from 2-4 pm. The menu: Hawaiian pizza, fruit kabobs, and punch. We are in need of families to donate towards the cost of pizza, provide plates, cups, napkins (Hawaiian-themed?), or chaperone at the time of the party. If you would like to help, just send in a note or email.
• Appointments are now being made for fall conferences, November 14-16. A sign-up sheet is located at the office windows.
• We are looking for donations of cardboard tubes (toilet tissue, paper towel, wrapping paper) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!

• Yellows: three magnets
• Oranges: one magnet
• Reds: none

I was at a Science Inquiry planning meeting on Tuesday, so that day’s activities are included in this post. 

Spelling: Students worked on the Unit 2 spelling worksheets yesterday, and we reviewed those worksheets today. There is a spelling test tomorrow, and the worksheets are due at that time.

Cursive: Cursive worksheets pp. 27-29 were made available this week and are due on Friday. 

Reading: Yesterday was a reading day in Literature Circles, and today was a discussion day. We also read from our shared book, Esperanza Rising.

Writing: Yesterday was a work day for students, who should be working on their rough draft by now. Today, we discussed how writing is more interesting if the writer uses spicy verbs that describe the action (dashed, bolted, zipped, not run; shouted, screamed, whispered, not talked). The next piece of writing will be due November 3; this will be the final writing grade of the marking period.

Math: Yesterday and today, students played games to review place value and the value of digits in numbers. Yesterday’s homework was Math Boxes 2.4.

Science: Students made electricity, electrical safety and storm safety posters yesterday, to tell what they already know about our upcoming unit. No science today due to art.

Social Studies: Yesterday, students discussed how mountains in the West make that region’s climate dry. The rain clouds can’t elevate over the mountains, so most of the rain falls on the west side of the mountains. By the time the air moves over the mountains, the rain has fallen, and only dry air is left. No social studies today due to library.

Behavior Update:

Ask your student what kind of choices they made.

Notes:

• Hawaiian Beach Bash! That’s our Halloween party on October 31 from 2-4 pm. The menu: Hawaiian pizza, fruit kabobs, and punch. We are in need of families to donate towards the cost of pizza, help make the fruit kabobs or other goodies, provide plates, cups, napkins (Hawaiian-themed?), or chaperone at the time of the party. If you would like to help, just send in a note or email.
• Appointments are now being made for fall conferences, November 14-16. A sign-up sheet is located at the office windows.
• We are looking for donations of cardboard tubes (toilet tissue, paper towel, wrapping paper) for class projects. The tubes can be sent in any time during the year; this project will be on-going. Thanks for any help you can give!