Week of November 7th-11th

Thank you to all of those who have served!  We will not have school on Friday, November 11th in observance of Veterans Day!  There will be a flag raising ceremony on Thursday at 8:45 am.

PTA Movie Night on Thursday night!  Come out and enjoy the movie Zootopia!

Other news: This is the last full week before Science Fair projects are due.  Please make sure they are completed and turned in by Tuesday, November 15th.  No exceptions for late projects.

Thanks for all the Halloween Treats! They were yummy!


Academics:
ELA:  Due to the short week we will skip vocabulary this week. We will be doing a social studies task as well as continuing our book study of Esperanza.  We are almost finished with the book and it has been wonderful!  
There will be an RRJ which will be due next Friday, November 18th with chats!
All "Arts and Learning" writing prompts from last week are due Monday, November 7th! Sorry, no exceptions!

We made yarn dolls this week just like the ones in the story! Students are writing stories from the perspective of the dolls with events from the novel.  I have gotten goosebumps already with some of the stories! They are wonderful! Stories are due on Thursday.

We had quite a few high "Achievers" this month and we "Celebrated" with a conga line to Kool and the Gang's Celebration! Keep increasing those Lexile Levels in Achieve 3000 and earn rewards while your reading comprehension improves!It's a win, win!

Bin Of Happiness Winners were: Bella Solis and Brooke L.
Good Job!  New Secret Phrase is:  

Write it on a sticky and turn in to be included in the Friday drawing!

Polite Pig Winners are Marrio P., Jordan, Bella S., and Cayla.
Thanks for your sweet manners and great attitudes this week!

Math: We will finish our discussions on adding and subtracting fractions by finding common denominators.  Students will take a Mid-Module assessment on Thursday.  This test will cover lessons 2-12 in module 3 of their workbooks.

Science:  We will begin Chapter 7 this week, which discusses force and motion.  We will discuss Newton's 3 Laws of Motion.  We will visit the science lab on Thursday to complete a lab called Marble Collision. 

Resources:

Monday- Music/ Ray- Media

Wednesday- P.E.

Thursday- Art/ Flag Raising

Friday- No School

Upcoming Events:

Thursday, November 17th: Math & Science Night from 6-8PM.  The winners of the science fair will be announced that evening at 7:30 PM.