History & Geography
Our weekly objectives were to:
- Identify Charlemagne as a European leader of the late eighth and early ninth centuries.
- Describe Charlemagneś qualities and understand his achievements.
- Understand the rise of feudalism.
- Describe feudalism and understand how it differed from modern government.
Newsletter
On Monday it was pj day. Almost everybody had a stuffed animal. One had a blanket.
On Tuesday it was SWS colors which meant that we wore school colors that are red and black.
On Thursday we had The Pumpkin Run.
On Friday there was no school.
By: Pierce
Edited by: Kate
Mathematics w/Laura
Whole Number Multiplication and Division
- Flash cards and timed test practices for multiplication and division!
- Dividing by a one digit number (day 2)
- Real world problems (word problems) using multiplication and division
- Assessment: next week on Friday, October 19th
Puzzles available for extra credit and Friday (Math) Bingo
Remember: MATH …. It’s everywhere!
La lectura
It was a short week for Language Arts this week. I made copies of our weekly story so the students would have more time and could read through it on their own at home.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- work on our dictionary skills.
- identify prefix, suffix, and root of words.
- take our weekly spelling test and use our dictionary skills to look up unknown words from our new spelling list.
Please be sure to have your child read every single day. They should be reading their Spanish stories out loud. They are doing a great job with the reading challenge. Keep recording those minutes!
Ciencias
Focus Question: What’s in our schoolyard soils?
We collected and observed different soils from several locations in the schoolyard. We analyzed the soil samples to determine how much humus and rock material are in local soils.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- plan and carry out an investigation
- describe soils based on their properties
- compare soils based on their different kinds and amounts of earth materials and humus
- realize that weathering is the breakdown of rocks and minerals at or near the Earth’s surface
Specialists:
Character Education with Ms. Jennie
This month we are focusing on the theme of responsibility. We are talking about what this means in practical terms and of course it includes everything from helping our parents/families and doing our schoolwork to taking responsibility for our mistakes by telling the truth, apologizing, and accepting the consequences (no excuses, blame-shifting, etc.). We are continuing to read Wonder which the kids are loving. We are doing a lot of “word work” – looking up and writing down the definitions of vocabulary in our notebooks and practicing dictionary skills!! Guide words at the top of the pages tell us if we’re looking on the right page!