Nov. 3rd- No School
Nov. 4th - No School/Teacher Work Day
Nov. 11th-15th- 3rd-5th Class Spelling Bee
This week, your child is coming home with a sample list to practice for our upcoming classroom spelling bee. The classroom spelling bee will be held the week of November 12-14. If your child would like to participate, they are encouraged to practice the words on the sample list. Winners of the classroom spelling bee will then compete in the Beck spelling bee on December 6th.
If you need to change your child's transportation home from school on any day, you will need to email your child's teacher and fill out this google form. This will need to be completed by 2 pm the day of.
This is where we will let you know what concepts your child will be working on in the upcoming week.
We will begin our study of nonfiction. We will determine the author's purpose of print and graphic features.
Optional extra practice for at home!
We will pick a topic and plan our nonfiction writing. This will be a summative grade.
Grammar: Subject and Verb Agreement
No optional Math Homework because of the short week
Using multiplication to understand division
Dividing by 5
Dividing by 10
Energy Test - Friday, Nov. 7th
Mechanical Energy- Students will learn that all things in motion have mechanical energy and that mechanical energy is made up of forces (pushes and pulls)
Sound Energy- Students will learn that sound is made up of different vibrations. Sound travels in waves and has to travel through matter.
Light Energy- Students will learn that light is the energy that allows us to see. White light is made up of the colors of the rainbow and moves in a straight line.
Thermal Energy- Students will learn that heat or thermal energy warms things up and can cause matter to change states.