Weekly Update

On Tuesday, the Rams staff came to Long!  They helped us in making holiday greeting cards to our military who are serving overseas through the American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes program.  Check out our experience!  

Math

This week in Math, we finished Unit 2 of time and graphing.  We will finish our unit rotations early next week.  We will also receive the Unit 2 study guide, covering Chapters 5-7.  Our unit test is set for next Thursday, 11/14.  Students took home some math papers to correct, and they will receive the rest in Tuesday's Flyer Folder.  The next unit involves multiplication and division, so students should be studying their facts.  We will begin Unit 3 with timed multiplication quizzes, starting with our 2's facts on Monday, 11/18. 

Macey working on the Great Graphing Project during the Activity rotation

Elayna and Spencer also working on the Great Graphing Project

Gianna and Miles working in the Problem Solving rotation

Reading

We are wrapping up our fiction unit.  This week we focused on retelling with our read aloud.  In retelling, we made sure that we were telling all parts of the story and not just summarizing the important parts.  In reading groups, we are looking at the November/December Scholastic Storyworks magazine.  We practiced our fluency in reading plays.  Also, on Friday we had our first library lesson.  Mrs. Justus taught us more about the historical fiction genre that we love!  We participated in a fun activity where we looked for key words and sentences in a selection of historical fiction books that would prove that the book was indeed historical fiction.  Here's what we came up with:

Writing/Spelling 
We are publishing our realistic fiction stories!  We can't wait for our upcoming writing celebration.
In Spelling, students have a new set of homophones.  However, if they missed any homophones on last week's Spelling Test, students will be retested on the pink highlighted words.  As a reminder, students can study and practice with SpellingCity.com.  We use SpellingCity in class, and it has a ton of great spelling and vocabulary resources to help with these tricky homophones!  Additionally, students can even practice their words in cursive at the bottom of the "Free Activities" in the "Language Arts" section- click here!

Science/Social Studies

We completed Chapter 2 of our study of Missouri with the Chapter 2 Test this past Thursday.  Next week, we will continue with Chapter 3 in the Social Studies curriculum before moving onto our Rocks Unit in Science.

Other Important Info.

Our Veteran's Day Assembly is on Monday 11/11 at 9:00am.  Wednesday 11/13 is an Early Release Day with dismissal at 1:40.  Please make sure your child knows how they are getting home.  Finally, a few homework reminders:

• Students are to read on a nightly basis, totaling 120 minutes each week!  This is extremely important to your child's growth in reading!
• Students are to get their assignment book signed on a nightly basis.  Instead of a separate Reading Log, students use their assignment books.  A parent's signature verifies the reading minutes and helps the parent to become aware of upcoming due dates, events, and other important information that can be found in the assignment book.
• Friday Homework this week is the Standardized Math Prep. Chapters 1-7 (Math).  Students reflected on their last Math Friday Homework and made a goal of what they can do better next time.  It went home in Friday's Flyer Folder.  
• Flyer Folders come home every Tuesday and Friday.  Some students' folders are becoming very full as tests to be signed, graded work, and notes are piling up.  Please go through the Flyer Folder with your child to make sure that you are getting all important papers.  

Thank you for your support at home!