Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Butler’s
Weekly Newsletter November 14, 2011
Reading
Essential Question: How do I
make inferences about the
characters, setting, and
events in a reading story?
We are on chapter 5 of, Be
Ever Hopeful Hannalee. Be
sure and ask your child a bout
the post civil war events we
have been reading about in this
fascinating novel! Our
Harcourt reading story this
week is, Dear Mr. Henshaw,
Page 543 of Harcourt Text
Book. Be sure and check out
Mrs. Butler’s Web Site for
interactive links to all of our
reading stories.
English
Essential Question: How do
I use proper punctuation
and capitalization?
Vocabulary
Words
“Dear Mr.
Henshaw”
Refinery
Partition
Insulated
Muffle
Submitted
Prowls
Grade
New Spelling
List-Test
11/22
Words with
Long O and U
Move
Fruits
Lose
Chose
Prove
Juice
Tuesday
Rescue
Issue
Ego
Math
Essential Question: How can
we use formulas to find: area,
perimeter, and circumference?
Social Studies
Essential Question: What
effects did Reconstruction have
on American life?
HOMEWORK
Monday
Reading-Reading Comprehension
WS
Spelling-Spelling Menu
Math – RW105 and PS105
Tuesday –
Reading-Reading Comprehension
WS
Spelling-Spelling Menu
Math – RW109 and PS109
WednesdayEnglish/Reading-Correct
grammatical errors in a reading
passage
Math – RW110 and PS110
Thursday*Grammar Quiz-Punctuation and
Capitalization
Spelling-Spelling Menu
English-Write a descriptive
paragraph describing a character
from an AR book you are reading.
Math – RW111 and PS111
Friday –
*Reading Test-Dear Mr.
Henshaw
Writing
Book Week Activities
November 14-18
Book Fair Open All Week
Essential Question: How do
I write to inform?
Monday-Mrs. Clark’s Homeroom will attend
book fair
Spelling/Vocabulary
Essential Question: How can I
use spelling rules to help me
correctly spell words?
Wednesday-Mrs. Butler’s Homeroom will
attend book fair, Book Swap (Bring a
gently used book to trade in for another
book!)
Thursday-Family Book Night 5:30-7:30
Friday-Book Character Parade. We will
dress as the main character from, “A Bad
Case of Stripes”, by David Shannon. Your
child may wear jeans, pajamas, or uniform
pants and any plain colored or patterned tshirt. We will paint their faces.
November 7, 2011