NEWSLETTER – NOV. 16-20

RELIGION – We will have a Unit Test this week. Students will need to study the vocabulary words in the unit. The Unit Review on p. 135-138 is also a great review. Students will begin this review in class on Wed. It should be completed at home on Wed. evening. The test is on Friday.

READING – This week we’ll read The Gardener. We’ll work on cause/effect. The students should study vocabulary for this story. The selection test is on Friday.

ENGLISH – Action/Linking Verbs will be introduced. We will also work on Thanksgiving poetry and writing.

SPELLING – The new words are: night, picture, being, study, and second. We will work on adding s, es, and ies, and on contractions. Homework is due on Thursday.

MATH – We will study units of weight, temperature, and problem solving using working backwards.

SCIENCE – We’ll begin our study of water and its importance. We will also study salt and fresh water and estuaries. Students will have homework about water usage given on Tuesday. It is due on Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will study communities and how they change and grow. Students have a Native American Poster Project due on Dec. 1. They were given instructions and a scoring rubric for the assignment. Please be sure to return the scoring rubric. These websites may be helpful: www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/Native.html
www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
www.marilee.us/nativeamericans

· Students need to work on memorizing their part for the Christmas program. Most of the parts are very small and should not take long to learn.
· We can use some help with props and costumes. Many students will need just a Christmas shirt and/or hat if possible. Be sure to check with your child.