I just noticed that my posting from last week-the weekly overview-was not published.  I guess it is lost in some space???  Here goes this week...

Language Arts:  Our focus will be our read aloud "The Bad Beginning".  We have started our own individual book "Building Academic Vocabulary".  Working in this book daily, over the next two weeks, we will create our own mini-vocabulary building guide.  Ask your child about this project and look for their book next Friday.  I will attach extra sheets to their book so they can add to it over the Winter Break if they choose to.  We are all working towards our own AR goals-ask your child how they are doing, what they are reading and about the new charts in the room related to these goals.

Homework:  (Related to our map reading with Social Studies)  Your child will receive a map packet today containing maps of the United States, Canada and Mexico.  They should work on labeling the States or Providences, the Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, etc.  They should write neatly, coloring their maps when the labeling is completed.    Discuss directions (North, South, East and West).  Remind your children that proper nouns are Capitalized and the rest of the letters in the words are lower case.  Have your children review the maps, learning from them.  These three maps should be turned in this Friday.

Math:  Lessons 4.8-4.11 will be completed this week.  Lesson 4.11 will be review for two days-Thursday and Friday and the Unit 4 Test will be Monday.  Look for your child's Math Journal 1 on Friday.  They can review their work over the week end, but please remind them to return the Journal on Monday.  Thanks.

Homework:  Monday-Wednesday.  Thursday's homework will be extra math fact practice sheets, which should be returned for homework credit on Friday.

Social Studies:  Map reading.  (This actually