Dear Parents and Guardians,

Last week you weren't able to see the newsletter because I forgot to publish it. It is however available to see today.  So sorry.

This week is a short week.  Tomorrow  November 10th, we will attend the performance of <em>The Hundred Dresses.</em> We will leave at approximately 9:15 a.m. and will return at approximately 12:30 p.m. If your child has not returned their permission slip or $13.00 for the trip, they will be unable to attend. In this case they must go to another room until we return. I cannot make phone calls in the morning for those who forgot their slips. Also, please make certain your child has a bag lunch. If they are eating hot lunch, I have to tell the lunchroom clerk so she can prepare the lunchroom's bag lunch to be given to children who don't have a lunch.

You will see that an events calender has been added to the newsletter. You just have to click on that date to see if there is anything I added for that date.The space is limited for details, so it's just another way to remind you of things.

<strong>REMINDER:  PICTURE RETAKE WILL BE NOVEMBER 16TH. </strong>

This week we will be working on the following:

LANGUAGE ARTS:

We will read the next selection in our OpenCourt readers. <em>Rugsby and Ribsy</em> is the story of the friendship between a little boy and his dog. We will have vocabulary words as well as spelling words. We will continue to identify verbs and practice writing topic sentences. The reading skill of cause and effect will be a skill that we will continue to explore.

SPELLING WORDS:

rot shot  crop  sock  clock  flock  body  spot  stocking  lobby  stop  got  lots  job  pond

We will also begin to explore mysteries.  We will have various activities and lessons based on this genre.  The students will read portions of or all of a mystery in guided reading groups. I hope this theme will bring excitement and curiosity to the children's  literary imagination.

MATH:

We will begin Unit Three this week. Unit Three will focus on measurement and geometric concepts. We should complete Lesson 3.1-3.3.4 this week. These lessons will include measuring with a ruler and perimeter.

I will continue to send practice subtraction speed test home for you to time your child. We will practice our times tables. Times tables really don't appear until the fourth unit, however I will give the class some fun memory lessons to help them learn the basic multiplication facts.

HOMEWORK:  Home Link 3.1, Math Box 2.9, Home Link 3.2, Home Link 3.3, Home Link 3.4. Math Boxes as assigned

SCIENCE:

We will explore what happens to water when it is heated and cooled. We will use homemade thermometers for this experiment.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:

We will begin Activity 3 in Map Essentials. This lesson will teach cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the locations of places.

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<strong><em>HAVE        A                GREAT               WEEK !!</em></strong>