11/26-11/30

It is so hard to believe that November is over!! We have had a really productive month, and I feel like this was one of the best so far. We had a busy week! We had two visits from the Henrico Fire Department to kick off our fire safety lessons, and Young Scientist visited our classroom to talk about planets and the solar system! Lastly, we had some super students join us after school on Tuesday night to perform the Veteran’s Day program for the PTO meeting. THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB! I’m so proud.

THIS WEEK IN CLASS–

Reading: Fourth grade wrapped up our focus on making inferences/drawing conclusions. Fifth grade finished up with text structure and started to look at fact and opinion.

Writing: We took another look at why writers write and will start our new focus on informational writing next week. We spent the week talking about all of the uses for commas! We talked about six specific rules (see below) and how to apply them in our writing. This led to discussions about simple and compound sentences and how we can mix up our sentence length and type to make our writing more interesting.

SS: Fourth grade wrapped up VS3 and will start fresh with VS4 next week! Click here for an overview of what we will cover. Fifth grade continued learning about the Southeast. We studied our states and capitals, and we learned about the climate and natural resources. Look for a quiz on this next week! Review using THIS WEBSITE!

NEXT WEEK–
READING: 4- Author’s Purpose with informational text, 5- fact/opinion; reference materials
WRITING: INFORMATIONAL WRITING
SS:  4– explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery in Jamestown;
5– The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables to locate and describe the location of the Southeast Region of the United States: Coastal Plain and Appalachian Mountain System; locate and identify the land features, water features, and climate important to the early history of the Southeast Region of the United States: Mississippi River, Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND UPCOMING DATES:

  • Saturday December 1-  5:30-7:30. Ashland Skateland 516 N. Washington Highway. The cost is $5 per child, $2 for parents and teachers, $2 skate rental! Do not miss this fun!
  • Monday December 3- Fire Safety Lesson in the classroom.
  • Tuesday December 4- Reading NWEA MAP test. This is a test that the students took at the beginning of the year and will take again in the spring. We get excited to take this test in the middle of the year to see how much students have grown and to also get a closer look at areas we can focus on to promote growth! 🙂
  • Wednesday December 5- Vocab quiz! Students have graded work and flashcards to study. (see words below)
  • Wednesday December 5- WAFFLES WITH SANTA!! Starts at 5:00 🙂
  • Thursday December 6- Watershed Lesson/Enviroscape in classroom activity!
  • Winter Break – Thursday, December 20th to Wednesday, January 2, School Reopens on the January 3, 2019.

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