NEWSLETTER – NOV. 29-DEC. 3

RELIGION – We will study about Advent and its traditions.

READING – We’ll read Pushing Up the Sky. We will work on author’s purpose, cause/effect, and summarizing. Students should study vocabulary for this story. Selection Test is on Friday.

ENGLISH – We will continue to study linking verbs and begin helping and main verbs.

SPELLING – the new words are: soon, since, white, story, and ever. We will work on adding er and est to base words. We will also work on the suffixes un, re, mis, and dis. Homework is due on Thursday.

MATH – We will study units of weight, temperature, and solving problems by working backwards. Soon we will begin the metric units of measurement.

SCIENCE - We will study the water cycle.

SOCIAL STUDIES – We will study map skills. We will also study about Native Americans and how their lives changed and stayed the same as a result of the settlers.
· Students will need to bring a Christmas shirt or something red, green, or white by Tuesday. Parents and families are invited to our Dec. 7 performance at 12:45 in the Church Basement.
· Students should have brought home an A.R. update. Each student should have at least 5 points with no less than a 70% average.
Happy Advent!