Dear Parents,

I hope your students are enjoying their fall break!  Here is an update for what we will be doing the week back from break.  The entire week is half days.  Please remember to have your child picked up at 12:05 or 12:25, respectively.  Thank you!

Assessments:

Monday-none

Tuesday-none

Wednesday-none

Thursday-none

Friday- Spalding

Math:

We will be working on word problems for multiplication and division.  This means that bar models are back!  We will be learning how to create bar models for multiplication and division, which will be a new and exciting challenge.

Literature:

We will be focusing on the short story “Hansel and Gretel”.  This will be a fun way to kick off the quarter before we jump into Pinocchio in week two.  Please start having your scholars bring in their Pinocchio books!

Writing/Grammar: Due to the half days, we will not be focusing on writing/grammar this week.

Spalding:  We will be taking our monthly progress test (not for a grade) on Monday.  We will learn 20 new words this week.  The first test of the quarter in on Friday!

Science: In science, will be learning about John Muir, the important ecologist. 

History:  We are going to begin a short unit on Rivers this week!