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Things to Remember this Week: 

• “Getting Ready for Science” chapter test on Wednesday.  The end of chapter review will be assigned for Monday homework, a review game on Tuesday in class, and test on Wednesday.
• P.T.O. meeting Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m.
• Progress Reports will be sent home Wednesday, October 8.

READING

We will begin our novel study Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo this week.  This is a wonderful story about how a lonely girl’s world is turned upside down when she meets a scruffy dog at the local Winn Dixie grocery store.

We will read the book out loud in class, with partners, and independently.  Most work will be completed in class; however, there will be evenings when children are expected to read a chapter or two for homework.  Students will keep thinking notes, character charts, answer various comprehension questions, and complete response activities throughout the book.  In addition, there will be quizzes every 5 chapters or so. 

WRITING

• Students will review the stories that have been collected in their writer’s notebook and select one to develop into a narrative story.
• Strategy:  Storytelling over and over.  Students will have the opportunity to practice telling their story over and over to help relive the moment and remember clear details.
• Strategy:  Writing a great lead to pull in the reader. We will use various published works to look at the first sentence of the story to see how the author draws in the reader.

MATH

UNIT 2- Using Numbers and Organizing Data

Overview of Unit that will be outlined in the letter coming home on Monday:

• Explore how numbers are used in everday life
• Read, write, and say numbers up to 100 million
• Add and subtract with regrouping
• Collect, organize, and analyze data

This Week:

• Extended Response - students will practice answering an extended response question.
• World Tour Stop:  Washington D.C. - read information about Washington D.C. and identify the ways numbers share important information.
• Name Collection:  Finding various ways to write the same number
• Place Value:  Define whole numbers, review place value chart

SCIENCE

• Review chapter in class
• End of chapter review for homework on Monday
• Jeopardy game in class on Tuesday to review vocabulary and main idea
• Chapter Test on Wednesday

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Reading a street map
• Using cardinal directions to move from point A to point B
• Reading the map key to identify symbols on a map

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