Weekly Update

Writing

This past week we were busy drafting the bones of our personal essays.  We will be adding in ministories to support our thesis, captivating leads, interesting word choice, and more in our upcoming minilessons.  The next Spelling Test will be this Friday, October 28th. 

Reading 

Last week we studied text structures.  In our minilessons and reading groups, we underlined key words to help us in determining if a text was organized as a description, order and sequence, compare and contrast, cause and effect, or problem and solution.  Students did great with it!  This week we will continue to discuss text structures while adding text features to our nonfiction study! 

Also, THANK YOU parents for your spare change donations last week!  We were able to buy A TON of books for our class library!  Students were super excited to pick out the classroom library books!  On Friday, we raffled them off to see who would get to read them first.  It was a lot of fun, and I love that books excite them! 

Math

This past week we started multiplying a one-digit number by a multi-digit number.  It is important that students continue to study the steps in long multiplication as well as study their multiplication facts on a nightly basis.  The Chapter 4 Test is this Wednesday, October 26th.   We are working on the study guide and reviewing early this week.  In Chapter 5, students will by multiplying a two-digit number by another two-digit number.  

Social Studies 

So far in Chapter 1 we have discussed landforms in Missouri.  We will continue with regions of Missouri, famous Missourians, and big cities in Missouri. 

Other Important Info.

• Fall Conferences are this Monday 10/24 and Wednesday 10/26.  
• There is No School November 7th and 8th.