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Mrs. Crane’s Newsletter
November 10th – 14th
Reading
“Sybil Rides by Night”
Reading Objectives:
 Drawing conclusions
 Identifying story elements
 Identifying components of historical
fiction
 Summarizing story
Vocabulary Words:
colonist
alarm
Redcoats
independence
hoofbeats
alert
We are reading in groups a great deal. I
am taking grades from the AR test your
child is taking on the chapter books we
read in class.
Social Studies
Language
Language Objectives Capitalization
 Punctuation (comma’s in a
series)
 Abbreviations
 Quotations
 Titles (Poems, movies, books
and short stories)
 Writing Process
Wordly Wise Unit 6
chasm
continent
credit
enable
foul
gust
ordeal
plateau
rig
schedule
Wordly Wise Lesson 6 Test is
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014.
Math
Math Objectives:
 Division as : sharing,
repeated subtraction
 Finding missing numbers
inside times tables
 Choosing appropriate
equations
 Writing division stories
 Division: Relating
Multiplication and division
 Division: Fact Families with
2,3,4, and 5
 Division: Fact Families with
6 and 7
Your child should have completed
their multiplication facts through
factor four. They will be given until
Wednesday of this week. I will
average their 0’s – 4’s fact for a
grade.
Congratulations!
Top Multiplication Masters:
Last week we started
Joycelyn Chen 0’s-8’s
learning about: America’s
Selena White 0’s-7’s
history starting from the Pilgrims
Kelsey 0’s-6’s
voyage. We will read and learn more
Nathan 0’s- 6’s
about history over the next couple of
months. We will study up through
current history.
Top Accelerated Reading
We will do a lot of reading of chapter Point holders:
books and special magazines to learn
Joycelyn Chen 44.8
this information. This unit will take us
Darlyn Bustillo 19.7
into the new year. We will do other
Jared Aguilar 12.1
things as well along with it from time
Alyssa Tapia 9.7
to time.
These students have around 15
pts. for 2nd term already. These
are required for a grade and
remember they must have 30pts.
at an 80% accuracy by the end of
second term.
TITAN TRIVIA
 November 13th Thanksgiving Luncheon- up to two guest with reservation.
 November 13 Mid-Term Progress Report
Please limit the gadgets that your child is bringing to school (toys, calculators,
iPhones, jewelry, lipstick, purses…). They are keeping them from learning as well
as their classmates.
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eyes
white
line
lion
size
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times
nice
drive
tiny
write
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shine
variety
chime
admire
define
Spelling test on Friday.