Week 8
October 6-10
October 6-10
Hello B1 Families,
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halloween Celebration: We will be having a Halloween party in class on Friday, October 31st.
Scholastic Book Order: It is time for our first Scholastic Book Order! If you would like to order books, our class page to order is HERE. Please place your order by Friday, October 11th.
Parent Teacher Conferences: If you haven't signed up for a conference yet, please sign up for a 15 minute conference. You can find the sign up here: Conference Sign-up
Federal Impact Forms: Please turn in your federal impact form by Friday, October 11th.
TLS Family Night: Support Tierra Linda and dine at Presto Pasta on Wednesday, October 8th.
OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE
Math: Students will take their last test of Module 1 this week. The test will cover lessons 15-20. A study guide will come home on Tuesday, their test is on Wednesday. Then, we will begin Module 2 on Thursday, which focuses on measurement. Module 1 books will be going home this week. Please keep Module 1 books at home.
Reader's Workshop: We will continue working in our Benchmark Unit 2 books, called Ways Characters Shape Stories. Our focus will be answering the essential question: How do our actions influence our lives? Students will also continue working on reading skills such as finding the main idea, sequencing, comparing/contrasting texts and answering text questions.
Writer's Workshop: This week students will continue working on narrative writing. This week's prompt will be: "If I Had a Pet Bat...".
Social Studies: This week, students will continue with Week 31 in our Studies Weekly curriculum. Week 31 teaches students about American holidays and symbols.
Science: Students continue to observe the traits of closely related organisms: four species of bears. Students analyze data about the traits of a particular bear, comparing the bear's traits with the traits of other bears.
P.E.: Please dress appropriately on Monday and Friday for P.E/Dance every week.
REMINDERS
Return signed Weekly Red Folder Tuesday, October 8th
Daily 20 reading log due on Friday, with a parent/grown up signature
Sign communicator daily
Every Wednesday is 2pm dismissal
Thank you,
Mrs. Harmon