Week of October 6th

Reading:  We will FINISH our novel study on the book Wonder. We will have a dedication ceremony of our Buddy Bench for the entire school Friday at 8:30! Please feel free to join! We will be explaining the buddy bench to the entire school and celebrating August Pullman’s birthday!!

Writing/Language:   We will continue our unit on types of letters by discussing the parts of a business letter. We will also begin writing letters to the editor about our views on bullying and why we created a buddy bench at OES!

Math: We will continue to practice our basic multiplication facts and be discussing strategies to multiply large numbers. Students will be required to study multiplication flash cards for ten minutes a night until they master their facts. Please initial their studying log nightly.

Science/Social Studies: In science we’ll continue our animal unit with animal senses and inherited/instinctive behaviors. In social studies we will begin our colony unit by discussing early Spanish, French, Dutch & English settlements.     Anchor Down these Assessments/Due Dates We will have a test on our Wonder vocab set #3 Tuesday. We will have a quotation marks test in language Thursday.   100 Book Challenge Goals: Good- 88 steps Better- 160 steps     Captain of the Week:   Our Captain of the Week is Ethan Bolding!! Ethan is a wonderful student and             always tries his very best. He displays the character traits of: respect, curiosity,         cooperation, and initiative on a regular basis. To find out what Ethan learns throughout this week, follow us on Twitter @glay_jessica   Reminders from the Marina: -Walk to School Day: Wednesday, October 8th -Buddy Bench Dedication Ceremony: Friday, October 10th -Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night- Thursday, October 16th -School Spirit Day- Friday, October 17th -Parent-Teacher conferences will be held Oct. 21st & 23rd   The  Fall Festival will be Oct. 23rd! Please send in items or $ for our hunting/fishing/camo basket! Thank you!! J   Help our classroom by donating to our classroom grant to get Legos to learn math with! http://www.donorschoose.org/ project/build-it-and-they-will-come/1323424/