Ms. Black’s Class Oct 26-31 2015
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Halloween Parade and Dance on Friday. Students may wear “nonscary” costumes.
Dance from 3-5 pm. Students may not have been on Orange, Red, Gray, or received an
office referral.
The fieldtrip has been postponed due to the weather. I will pass on the reschedule
information as soon as I know! Thank you for all you do!
First Multiplication Test on Friday. (X0 and X1)
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Vocabulary: (SAME AS
LAST WEEK)
1. Arrived: to get
where you are
going
2. Immigrated: come
to a new country to
live
3. Inspected: look at
something closely
and carefully.
4. Moment: A very
short amount of
time.
5. Opportunity: A
chance for good
things to happen
6. Photographs:
Pictures taken with
a camera
7. Valuable: worth a
lot of money or
means a lot to
someone.
8. Whispered: To
speak in a quiet
voice
Reading: We will read “Castle on Hester Street” and
We will answer:
1) How does historical fiction affect our emotions?
2) Is this character reliable? Why?
3) Is this author reliable? Why?
4) Is the author different than the character?
We will learn to:
Make Predictions: Use clues in the story to guess, or predict what
happens next.
Writing and Grammar
Writing:
Publish our Personal Narratives.
Begin our Fictional Narrative: Fantasy or
Realistic Fiction
Grammar: Combining Sentences
(Compound Sentences, Compound
Subjects, Compound Predicates, Complex
Sentences.)
Theme: The theme of a story is the author’s message. Think about
what the characters do and say. Use these key details to help you
figure out the theme.
Reliable Narrator vs. Unreliable Narrator: Can we believe what
the narrator and characters are telling us?
Historical Fiction: A made-up story that takes place in a real time
in the past. Has illustrations that show historical details..
Simile: Compares two different things using like or as. Make
writing more exciting.
Math:
X0, X1 Timed Test on Friday:
Utilize and understand 1,000s chart.
Make our own 1,000 of something.
How do 10s, 100s, 1,000s all fit together?
How do multiplication problems fit together
in arrays?
Finish Perimeter Riddles.
Social Studies & Science:
Describe the ways environment is affected by humans
in Alabama and the world.
Spelling: Test on
Thursday
Long E sound:
Describing how plants occupy space and use light,
nutrients, water, and air.
heel week creek free
green street freeze
seal weak bean
speaks team clean
cream field
We will talk about George Washington Carver and we
will use his ideas to save our school garden.
Homework and Reminders
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Reading
Homework
It’s Halloween I’m
Turning Green Ch 8
or a Chapter of ____.
It’s Halloween I’m
Turning Green Ch 9
or a Chapter of ____.
It’s Halloween I’m
Turning Green Ch10
or a Chapter of ____.
It’s Halloween I’m
Turning Green Ch11
or a Chapter of ____.
FINISH It’s Halloween I’m
Turning Green
Math
Homework
Math Red Folder
Un 4 pg. 6
Finding and
Measuring
Perimeters
Return Grades and
Participation Signed
Math Red Folder
Un 3 pg. 4-5
Book for Adding/
Subtracting 10
Study X0 and X1
Math Red Folder
Un 3 pg. 9
Pairs that Make 100
Study X0 and X1
Math Red Folder
Unit 3 pg. 19
Coupon Cutting
Spelling Tick-TacToe Due Tomorrow
Spelling Test
Math X0, X1 Test
Notes and
Reminders
Due
I look forward to hearing from you this year! I can be reached any time via email: eblack@jefcoed.com and I check
agendas for notes every morning