November 24-28, 2014

Just wanted to take the time to say Happy Thanksgiving!!!  Enjoy your time off with family and friends!!!
Mrs. Spakausky :)

Thanksgiving Feasting

When the Halloween pumpkins are gone,
And the leaves have all fallen to ground,
When the air has turned windy and cold,
Then Thanksgiving will soon be around.

Thoughts of loved ones all feasting together,
Pleasant pictures from past times appear
To dwell in each heart and each mind--
Then Thanksgiving is finally here!

The kitchen has scrumptious aromas,
The dining room looks oh, so fine,
Decorations with pilgrims and turkeys,
And now we are ready to dine!

First the napkins are placed on our laps;
Now the prayer for the meal to be blessed,
Then we stuff the good food in our tummies,
And we hope for it all to digest!

By Joanna Fuchs

Gobble, Gobble!  HAVE A VERY SUPER THANKSGIVING!

Coming up next:

Dates:

Tues. Nov 25th-ROBERT CROWN field trip
Wed.-Fri. Nov. 26-28th-THANKSGIVING Break- ENJOY!!!

ELA-Spelling: none

ELA-English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"

Chapter 1-Discussions and Quizzes over the following concepts:

*Subjects in Imperatives

*Conjunctions

*Run-on Sentences

ELA-Reading: Challenges

We will continue to apply our essential questions on challenges to the next piece of text.  This piece of text comes from a chapter in our Touching Spirit Bear novels.  We will do a close read and focus on some vocabulary only from Ch. 6.

Social Studies: Chapter 5-The Struggle to Found Colonies

Lesson 1-1607-Jamestown-The first permanent English colony is started in North America.
Lesson 2-1609-Hudson River-Henry Hudson explores for the Dutch.
Lesson 3-1620-Plymouth-The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower.
Lesson 4-1682-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania colony is founded.

Science: Owls
Owls and owl pellets will be the topic for the next week and a half.  We will dissect owl pellets next week and then start a research project on owls.

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-!!
We have learned about:
Prime and Composite numbers
Divisibility Rules
Prime Factorization
Exponents
Multiplication Patterns
Partial Products
The Distributive Property
Estimating Products
Mult. by One-Digit Numbers
Mult. by Two-Digit Numbers
TEST

Nov 17-21. 2014

A visit from author, Amy Logan!!!

A Girl with a Cape!

Our "CAPES"

THANKS PTO!!!

Coming up next:

Dates:

Tues. Nov 25th-ROBERT CROWN field trip
Wed.-Fri. Nov. 26-28th-THANKSGIVING Break- ENJOY!!!

ELA-Spelling: Spelling-Lesson 13
Pretest Monday
Work due on Thursday
Test on Friday, Nov. 21st

ELA-English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"

Chapter 1-Discussions and Quizzes over the following concepts:

*Subjects in Imperatives

*Conjunctions

*Run-on Sentences

ELA-Reading: Challenges

We will share our Glogster Posters this week and start sharing book projects.

We will do some close readings and discuss how challenges of the main character are handled.

Social Studies: Chapter 5-The Struggle to Found Colonies

Lesson 1-1607-Jamestown-The first permanent English colony is started in North America.
Lesson 2-1609-Hudson River-Henry Hudson explores for the Dutch.
Lesson 3-1620-Plymouth-The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower.
Lesson 4-1682-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania colony is founded.

Science: Chapter 6-Ecosystems and Change
In this chapter we will focus on these essential questions:
Lesson 1-How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?
Lesson 2-How Do Ecosystems Change Over Time?
Lesson 3-How Do People Affect Ecosystems?

Test on Tuesday, Nov. 18th!

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-!!
We have learned about:
Prime and Composite numbers
Divisibility Rules
Prime Factorization
Exponents
Multiplication Patterns
Partial Products
The Distributive Property
Estimating Products
Mult. by One-Digit Numbers
Mult. by Two-Digit Numbers
TEST

Nov. 10-14, 2014

Welcome November!!!

Watch out TURKEYS!!!  
You better dress in disguise this month!

Coming up next:

Dates:

Tues. Nov 11-Book Project due (date change)

ELA-Spelling: Wordly Wise-Lesson 4
Yellow Group-
pp. 37-39 due Tuesday
pp. 40-41 due Wednesday
pp.42-44 due Friday
TEST on WORD MEANINGS on FRIDAY!!!


White Group-
pp. 34-35 due Tuesday
pp. 36-37 due Wednesday
pp. 38-40 due Friday
TEST on WORD MEANINGS on FRIDAY!!!

ELA-English: Chapter 1-"The Sentence"

Chapter 1-Discussions and Quizzes over the following concepts:

*What is a Sentence?

*Four Kinds of Sentences

*Subjects and Predicates

*Subjects in Imperatives

*Conjunctions

*Run-on Sentences

Writing-Turkey point-of-view story is due on TUESDAY!!!

ELA-Reading: Challenges

We will share our Glogster Posters this week!

Social Studies: Chapter 5-The Struggle to Found Colonies

Lesson 1-1607-Jamestown-The first permanent English colony is started in North America.
Lesson 2-1609-Hudson River-Henry Hudson explores for the Dutch.
Lesson 3-1620-Plymouth-The Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower.
Lesson 4-1682-Philadelphia-Pennsylvania colony is founded.

Science: Chapter 6-Ecosystems and Change
In this chapter we will focus on these essential questions:
Lesson 1-How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem?
Lesson 2-How Do Ecosystems Change Over Time?
Lesson 3-How Do People Affect Ecosystems?

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 2-!!
We have learned about:
Prime and Composite numbers
Divisibility Rules
Prime Factorization
Exponents are next!