Mrs. Garnett’s Newsletter January 19, 2016 Notes: *Respect Life collecting baby items for their upcoming baby shower for the Morningstar Women’s Center. They are also collecting Pennies for Pampers and asking students to bring in a penny for each year of their family members lives. Math – Chapter 6 Understand Division Students will learn the relationship between multiplication and division to help solve the equation. Students will apply the strategies learned to solve division problems. Rocket Math – Students will continue with Multiplication in Rocket Math. Help your child to review their basic multiplication facts. They should be able to complete 40 problems in one minute and 80 problems in two minutes. Please continue to review with your child their basic addition and subtraction facts. **Additional resources are located on Think Central. Test This Week: Spelling – Friday January 22 Reading – This week students will review for their Unit 3 test. Help your child to review the skills we have learned throughout the unit. We will review making inferences, sequencing events, summarizing, character, setting, and plot. We will review text features in nonfiction stories. Spelling Words – Review words – Prejudge, orchard, perch, misfile, uncertain, misnumber, unwanted, carve, recycle, soybean, wristwatch, noisy, checkpoint, childhood, purr, preplan, classroom, serve, wore, artist Grammar – Students will review combining sentences with the same verb. Students will review past tense, present tense, and future tense verbs. ** Additional activities are located on Connect Ed. The activities are under the tab ‘to do’. Religion – Chapter 10 Students will learn about the leaders in the Church and the various roles they play. Students will learn more about Popes Frances. ** Additional activities are located on Connect Ed. The activities are under the tab ‘to do’. Mark Your Calendars: Liturgy – January 21