October 12-16, 2015
Literacy
This week our biggest focus is sequencing.
Before Fall Break, we touched on story
structure. The students know fiction stories go
in a certain order: Beginning, middle, and end.
Now, we are focusing more on the sequence of
events and making sure we can put events in
order using transition words such as first, next,
then, and last. We will be reading the realistic
Calendar
October 12 - College Shirt Day &
Book Order Due
October 13 – End of 9 Weeks
October 20 – Report Cards Go
Out
October 22 & 23 – I will be out
these two days to travel with a
group of our BETA students to a
leadership summit in Sevierville,
Tennessee
October 30 – Halloween Party
November 2 & 3 – No School
fiction story “Rosa and Blanca” on Monday.
Your child will have fluency homework to
complete each night.
Science
We are beginning a new unit for the new 9
weeks in science! Our new unit is about
slow changes to Earth’s surface. You may
want to review the fast changes that your
child learned earlier in the school year,
such as volcanos, earthquakes, and
landslides. We are going to start by
learning a little more about rocks,
minerals, and soil, then move into learning
about weathering and erosion. We will be
completing an experiment at the end of
the week to demonstrate how water and
wind cause slow changes to the land.
Birthdays
There are no October birthdays,
but if you send me an email
saying you read the newsletter
for this week, your child can clip
up!
Reminders
This year, Lori Crowe is
our room mom and she will
be contacting you very
soon about our upcoming
Halloween Party and how
you can contribute. If you
have any questions, please
let either of us know! 