Welcome to November

News of the week: 
We have had a very busy week. 

We celebrated my birthday, had a pizza party for our reward goal, had a fantastic Halloween party, and participated in a mock election. The weeks to come with also be very busy, but with not as many tasty activities! :) 

Thank you Kim, Lori, Kristina, and everyone who donated items to make our Halloween party fantastic. Pictures will be posted on a tab above for the next month. 
 

*If you have not yet let me know a preference for when you can come to conferences please do so as soon as possible. I will start plugging in the people I have not yet heard from soon and hope you can make it in to meet with me and discuss your child's progress. 

**Book orders for October and November were sent home on Friday. Please take a look and either order online (a how to is located on a page link above) or send in your child's order and a check written out to Scholastic by Wednesday, November 7th. To see the October books click on the flyer link on the parent page. 

***I hope you remembered to turn your clocks back today and got an extra hour of relaxation this morning.  

Monday, November 5th- Conference scheduling sheet due
Tuesday, November 6th- ELECTION DAY! Picture retake day
Wednesday, November 7th- wear red FMI shirt, book orders due
Friday, November 9th- No School- work day for teachers. I will be writing report cards. 

Math- We had a few days of discussing things that come in groups and how when we multiply it is a matter of determining how many groups x how many in each group. Another way to solve until we get some facts memorized is repeated addition. This week we will took a look at equal groups, using the repeated addition strategy, and started multiplying by 0 and 1. When students finish their work in class, they will have a chance to create a multiplication monster, to help them review and self check their facts. Once all 12 monsters are made, they will be able to take them home to use for additional practice.

Reading- This week we did not have a story, so we took the time to review and take our unit 8 Level 2 assessment.

Text Talk- This week we read Montezuma's Revenge by Cari Best. In the book, Montezuma is left at home when his owners go on vacation. He is a good dog who always sits and stays when told to. He reflects on how awful his dog-sitter is and how much he'll miss his family. He goes out through the "doggie door," runs off to the park, meets a scruffy stray named "Wild Bill," and hatches a plan. When his family returns, Montezuma is missing and Wild Bill shows them just what a disobedient dog can do; he splashes in the toilet, swings on the drapes, puts on lipstick, and skateboards through the house. Needless to say, when Monty reappears, he is showered with affection and is taken along on the next trip.. Vocabulary words we discussed this week are revenge, mesmerized, misery, coaxed, frustrated, and regret.

Social Studies- This week we took the opportunity to discuss citizenship, what it means to be a citizen and how it is linked to our right to vote. We discussed the presidential candidates, participated in a mock election, discovered more about the election process and its importance, as well as some fun information on the White House. We will continue election information for Social Studies through Wednesday, then begin on our new science unit Ideas and Inventions. This unit will intermix the science of experiments to help produce things your eyes can't see, however, I am planning on incorporating a lot of social studies with the history of some inventions and the inventors who came up with the inventions.  

Writing-This week students created stories about their Frankenstein friend and a persuasive piece about why they should be elected president. Most of these can be seen under the student work tab. We also created a number note sheet about the best Halloween treats. We will turn our number notes into a paragraph on Monday. 

Mrs. Jodie Yuska