Mon 10/14 - No school (Columbus Day)
Tues 10/29 & Wed 10/30 - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Our first PRIDE! Award was this last week. D for Determination...congrats to our September winner, Moxi!
Halloween Project, in progress:
Show and Tell earned with enough Goody Tickets-
Congrats, Phillip......he was happy to show and tell about his four legged friend:
Spelling - Unit 6 - "Suffixes "-ed" and "-ing"
This week's spelling/vocabulary list will include words with the suffixes -ed and -ing. We will study how adding these suffixes to base words changes their spelling. We will also take a look at synonyms and antonyms for each of the words. The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 10/11.
Reading - Unit 1 - "Courage"
The Courage unit begins by exploring how one person can make a difference. In order to gain some background knowledge of Dr. Martin Luther King, students will work in small groups to close read a biographical article about his life. They will also independently watch a video about him and answer text-dependent questions related to the video.
Science - Energy Conversions
Students will work with a Science simulation APP to create and modify electrical energy systems.
Pics from building a system. We made the blade spin with solar energy.
Social Studies - The Beautiful Northeast
The chapter 4 TEST is scheduled for Tuesday, 10/8. Students should review the textbook, review pages, and workbook pages to prepare for the test. A study guide was sent home on 10/3.
We will also begin a descriptive writing project in which students will describe an imaginary trip to the Northeast region. As they describe their journey they will write about the geography, resources and fishing industry of the region. The rough draft of the Northeast Trip descriptive paragraph will be due on Friday, 10/11.
The students thought it would be fun to have a Northeast Fest, with items brought in that represent the NE. If you would like to participate in this event Friday, please sign up for an appropriate NE food item to bring in. See the email for sign-up.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
The topic for the week of 10/7 will be respecting similarities and differences. The concepts of this lesson will include the idea that people can have similar or different feelings about the same situation and that being able to notice and understand others' feelings is an important part of empathy. Our goal is that students will be able to identify clues that help them recognize other people's feelings and also be able to identify similarities and differences between how two people feel.
SEL: Lesson 4: Respecting Similarities and Differences
Objectives:
People can have similar or different feelings about the same situation.
Being able to notice and then understand others’ feelings is an important part of empathy.
Students will be able to:
Identify clues that help them recognize other people’s feelings
Identify similarities and differences between how two people feel
Mrs. Spakausky Math:
Unit 2 will start tomorrow with a pretest.
