Mrs. Garnett’s Newsletter November 16, 2015 Notes: *For the month of November respect life is collecting can food. Please help us collect cans. *Respect life is also collecting stocking stuffer items for our sister parish. *Saint Projects are posted on my website. They will be presented in class on November 23rd. Please see the website for the project. *December book it calendars will be due by December 3rd. Math – Chapter 5 Students have learned their basic facts of 0 – 10. We will use our facts to solve for an unknown factor. We will also look for patterns in a table using addition and multiplication. Students will have their test on Thursday. Rocket Math – We will start rocket math multiplication. Please help your child review their basic facts. **Additional resources are located on Think Central. Religion – Chapter 7 Chapter 7 – The Good News Students will focus on sharing the Good News of Jesus. All Saints Day Project- In honor of November 1st being All Saints Day, students are to research a saint and complete a report on the saint. Students may bring in props to help their report. Saints will be presented November 23rd. Test This Week: Religion – Wednesday November 18 Math – Thursday November 19 Spelling – Friday November 20 Reading – This week students will review for their unit 2 test. Students will review the skills we have learned throughout this unit. We will review author’s purpose, main idea and details, theme, and summarizing. Spelling Words – Words this week are review words: Freeze, street, sixteen, week, clean, gnaws, wring, wrists, wrong, screens, strength, scribble, scraped, pathway, teacher Grammar – Students will review combining sentences, singular & plural nouns, and common & proper nouns. ** Additional activities are located on Connect Ed. The activities are under the tab ‘to do’. Mark Your Calendars: November 24 – Early Dismissal Nov 25 – Nov 30 – No School