Week of November 19th-30th

This will be an extended post!  It will cover the two days before Thanksgiving and the week after Thanksgiving break.  We are thankful for all of our wonderful students and families! 💛💛💛

Mid-year testing will begin, the schedule for November is as follows:

Students will be i-Ready Reading testing on Monday (19th) & Tuesday (20th) prior to Thanksgiving.

Students will be Achieve testing on Tuesday, Nov. 27th.

Students will be i-Ready Math testing on Thursday (29th) & Friday (30th) following Thanksgiving break.

We look forward to seeing all the progress the kids have made so far this year!

Early Release on Wednesday, November 28th.

Ms. O will be leaving us on Thursday, November 29th!  We have enjoyed having her teach us the last several weeks.


Academics:

ELA:  As stated above,
Monday and Tuesday will be the I-Ready Mid Year Diagnostic.
We will continue to work with text structure: compare & contrast / cause & effect. When we return from our wonderful Thanksgiving break we will resume our study of vocabulary.
Our first 5 words for this group are:
detect-discover, pedestrian-person traveling by foot, inquisitive-to be curious and ask many questions, absurd-completely unreasonable or untrue, numerous-many 
and the wow word is: pedometer-measures footsteps
We will have a test on these words and the next week's words on 12/7.
New work job: Social Studies Ticket/Life in the 1950's due 12/7.
We will also begin a writing prompt the week of 11/26 to be completed by 12/7.
Lots of important things to do and learn!



Math:  Students will complete a Mid-Module Assessment for Module 3 on Tuesday 11/20.  This will cover adding and subtracting fractions--especially when found in word problems.  We will continue to add and subtract fractions when we return from Thanksgiving.

Science:  We will continue to discuss our planets.  Students will learn the difference between rotation and revolution.  This is a hard concept for students to understand, so ask your child to share with you the difference to see if they are understanding.

Resources:
Ray:
Tuesday 11/20- Art
Wednesday 11/28- P.E. & Music

Tiberio:
Monday- 11/19- Art
Tuesday-11/27- Music
Wednesday 11/28- P.E.
Friday 11/30- Art