September 25, 2017

News for the Week... There is a STEAM survey that was sent out to parents, The district is trying to create a database of parents who are in STEAM professions that could be used for helpful for classroom based learning activities. The link to complete the survey is: STEAM survey Reminders... A Scholastic order will be placed on September 29. This is an excellent way to get good books at affordable prices. Please make sure each night your child is showing you their agenda and completed homework before  you sign their agenda. If your child’s homework is to read they should record the book title in the yellow box in their agenda. Current Event forms were sent home in Friday Folders on September 8. All current events are due on October 20.

ELA This week we started learning the CAFE strategy of cause/effect. We have used this strategy with fiction and nonfiction texts. We will continue to practice this skill next week and then will move onto the skill of Key Ideas and Details; Main Idea and Best Detail. We have continued our vocabulary study. We will have a test every two weeks on the new set of vocabulary words. Each test will include 10 vocabulary words. We will do review activities at school but beginning this week students will be bringing their Vocabulary Journals home every night in order to review a little each night for their test on Friday. There are also Quizlet review activities that students can access on our Google Classroom .   We are continuing to work on writing a Personal Narrative. This week we will be working on adding dialogue and punctuating the dialogue correctly

Math We completed our Place Value assessment and have moved on to a review of 3-4 digit addition and subtraction. We will be moving onto multiplication next.

Social Studies We have been learning about map skills and how to use a map. The students are going to be using the mapping skills they have learned to complete a map skills project. The students are going to be designing their own map of their island. They have guidelines they need to follow and items that need to be included on their map. They will also be writing directions to find the treasure that is buried on their island.