Week of September 11th

This week in:

Language Arts–  Review: Character traits, Identifying Key Events and Summarizing, Genre features of Fables, Myths and Folktales

 

       Questions to ask your child: “What is one character trait of King Midas?”  (He was greedy because he wanted a lot of gold. He wished that whatever he touched would be turned to gold.)

 

Spelling- No Spelling list this week

 

Writing– Review our KidBiz Thought Question prompt to work on summative and informative writing.

 

Math– Finish our unit on Division.  Test on Thursday.

 

Students may practice Math skills on Dreambox and Chapter 6 on ThinkCentral.com

Upcoming Events

• September 18^th– 29^th: Fall Break
• October 3^rd Students return
• October 10^th Fall Picture Day
• October 16^th – 20^th Red Ribbon Week
• October 17^th Picture Make-up Day
• October 20^th Law Enforcement Day

Week of September 4th

This week in:

Language Arts–  Identifying key events and summarizing what we read.

 

       Questions to ask your child: “Who is Paul Bunyan?” (A giant lumberjack in American folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox.)

 

Spelling- Compound Words   See the Homework Packet for the spelling list.

 

Writing– Use our KidBiz Thought Questions as a prompt to work on summative writing.

 

Math– Continue our work on Division and how it is related to multiplication.

 

Students may practice Math skills on Dreambox and Chapter 6 on ThinkCentral.com

Social Studies- Digital Citizenship Staying safe on the internet.

 

        Question: “What kinds of responsibilities does a good digital citizen have?”

 

Upcoming Events

 

• September 4^th: Labor Day, No School
• September 6^th: Family Dinner Night @ Panda Express
• September 7^th– 15^th : Parent/ Teacher conferences and Minimum Days. Students dismissed at 1:45.
• September 8^th: Family Movie Night/ Campout
• September 18^th– 29^th: Fall Break