Monday

I think Fall is finally here to stay...this weather would be delightful...if we were ducks!  : /

Picture Re-takes are going to take place on Wednesday!  Be prepared to bring back your pictures that you don't want and the photographers will retake your picture!

Language Arts: We finished up our Greek Mythology mini unit on Friday so we jumped into Unit 2 in our Basals today.  The first story is "Mighty Jackie" which is a historical fiction piece about women playing baseball!  With this story, we're going to be learning about determining the author's purpose in writing, working more with setting and characters, reading tables and charts and writing persuasive letters.

Our story vocabulary words this week are: legendary, muttered, gaped, snickering, insult, fluke and flinched.

Our common core words this week are:

• noun--a person place or thing 
•  common noun--names an ordinary person, place or thing
•  proper noun--names a specific person, place or thing
• Author's Purpose--the reason the author has written the piece
• Entertain--the author has written the work to entertain us, for pleasure
• Persuade--the author of the work is trying to convince us to do something
• Inform--the author of the work would like to teach us something.
• Persuasive Letter--a piece of writing that is trying to convince the reader to do something.

Homework:  Weekly Homework is due on Friday.  We have taken out the Think and Compare questions, those will be completed in class.  Students still need to read the story aloud at least one time at home, and obtain a parent signature stating they have shared it.  This can count towards reading minutes. Students also need to write their spelling words neatly on the lines provided and complete the non-fiction article and questions.

Math: We finished up the lessons in Unit 3 today with a lot of practice solving open number sentences.  Students worked through many examples and a journal page to practice this new skill.

Homework: Finish journal pages 74-75 and math box and study link 3.11 if it wasn't completed in class.  Unit 3 test will be on Wednesday

Social Studies: Content 2--students took their chapter 3 test today.

Homework: None