NEWSLETTER – OCT. 18-22

RELIGION – We will study about Jesus’ forgiveness, healing, compassion, and mercy. We will also begin planning for our Christmas performance. Students should be working on their Saint Report due Oct. 26

READING – We will read A Day’s Work. We’ll work on characters and their actions and traits. We will also work on vocabulary and context clues. Students should study vocabulary for this story. The Selection Test is Friday.

SPELLING – The new words are: four, head, kind, above, and began. We will study compound words and words with c + le. Homework is due on Thursday. Test is on Friday.

ENGLISH – We will work on singular and plural nouns and writing a summary.

MATH – We will begin Chapter 3 with addition properties. We will also add 2 and 3 digit numbers with regrouping and we’ll estimate sums. Students really need to memorize the simple addition and subtraction facts to 20.

SCIENCE – We will study earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods. There will be a Chapter Test on Oct. 28. A study guide will be sent home this week.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will study about communities, early settlements, and reading tables for information.


· Conference times will be sent home on Tuesday. If there are any problems please let me know ASAP.
· Field trip information will be sent home this week to those driving and chaperoning. Just let me know if you need to make any changes.