Week of 11/28/2016

Ahoy! Sorry for the late post! I hope that your week has been off to a great start! We are working feverishly here at school to wrap up some of our learning before the Holiday Break. Here is what is going on.

Reading: We are continuing our unit on finding the central message or main idea of a text. Yesterday we finished reading Treasure in the Trees and worked on finding its central message. We teach the kids that the central message is what the author is trying to teach the reader. Today we will start with a new book titled About Earth. The end of next week we will be taking our reading assessment for this unit.

Math: This is our last week of Unit 2. The students are doing a great job of understanding the concept of multiplication. This week we are working on the concept of doubling and halving. We will be taking our unit test next week!

Writing: Students are continuing to work on their informational essays. We might be sending work home if we feel that it would help your child get their work done. Kids are working on the idea that there needs to be an intro, 3 details, and a conclusion. This works both for the entire essay as well as each paragraph!

Spelling: (Test Friday)
life
little
left
without
once
thought
another
house
took
animal
there
enough
know
something
these
find

Mystery Questions:
1. What's the birthstone for someone born in December?
2. What day is the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii during World War ll?
3. On what day in December did the Write Brothers make their first flight?
4. "Jingle Bells" was originally written for what holiday?
5. If the Farmer's Almanac prediction states there will be snow fall on Christmas Day, what weather is predicted for Easter Sunday?
6. What is the first day of winter?

Stuff the Bus is happening this week! Please bring in cans! 

Thanks, 

Miss Irwin