This Week in Ms. Thomas’ Room Science Next week we will be starting and completing Lesson 4. There will be a science test on Chapter 1 on Tuesday October 6th. September 24, 2015 We praise you, we bless you, we give you thanks, O Lord Preface of the Mass Academic Highlights Religion This week we finished Picture Day! Next Friday October 2nd is Picture Day! Dress nice!! All of the students were given a picture day order envelope. These envelopes are in their Friday Folder. They must be returned by Friday October 2nd! You may send them back before October 2nd and I will re-distribute them on picture day. Scholastic Orders Two new scholastic order pamphlets were also sent home in the Friday Folder today. Orders are due by Friday October 16th our class activation code is P7BJH learning about the Ten Commandments. We took an openbook Religion Test on Chapter 3. Math and Social Studies Info Math – We are almost done with Chapter 2, addition and subtraction. We will be finishing up our last couple of sections, subtracting whole numbers and money, and looking for patterns. We will have a chapter review and then we will have our first unit test on Thursday October 1st. Please see Ms. Kim's website for helpful links. This week, a link to Khan Academy is posted. It is on rounding. Social Studies - We will be finishing lesson 3 early this week and will test on chapter 2 Friday, October 2. Reading We have been reading about Planets in their Habitats, working on comprehension strategies and working in cooperative learning groups. The reading test will be next Friday. It is a very short test. The students will have been working with their stories for over two weeks. Our first book report will be due October 16th. Check under news on the website for more information! Monday Science We learned about how a seed Tuesday – is formed. We took a science quiz on Lesson 3. Wednesday – Language We worked on Descriptive Writing. The students are working on writing their own descriptive paragraph. Next Week’s Schedule Thursday – Math Test Friday - Picture Day! Social Studies Test Reading Test (A short test) Spelling Test