October 10-14th

Dear Parents,

I am so excited to meet with all of you this week! If you haven’t signed up for a time for parent teacher conferences yet, please email me and we can set up a time or call the office and they can help you set up a time. Please make sure to bring your student with you so we can celebrate their successes so far this year and make some goals!

Here is what we are doing in class this week:

Reading: This week we will be having a review and assessing week. On Monday we took a reading/language test going over many things that we have learned this year. Students will also be doing a quick fluency assessment with me to see how they have progressed in reading out loud. We will also be reviewing science vocabulary this week. Instead of spelling words, students will receive a vocabulary list instead of a spelling list this week and will take a vocabulary test instead of the spelling test. The same rules for homework apply; students should study 20 minutes, get their list signed by you, and turn it in on Friday. This week though, students should study the meanings of the words, not the spellings.

Math: This week we will be learning how to multiply big numbers. We will learn how to multiply 4 digits by 1 digit, and 2 digit by 2 digit numbers. This can be really hard for students but we will go over multiple strategies so that students can use the one they find easiest. In Target Time on Thursday and Friday we will be going over the Factors and Multiples test all together since it was really a struggle for us.

Writing: This week we are writing an explanatory essay explaining how candy has changed through time. This will be done just like the example we did altogether in class last week, but this time students will do it by their selves and it will be graded. This will be due on Monday, October 17^th, and we will work on it all week in class. This will need to be typed and shared with me just like our personal narrative.

Science: We will talk about weather extremes that have occurred in Utah this week. The students will be surprised to learn about how much snow Utah has received in just one day as well as how hot the temperature has been. We will play weather BINGO to review some of our vocabulary words. Later on this week we will talk about air pressure and how it relates to storms. We will also talk about what partly cloudy and mostly cloudy mean.

Social Studies: This week in social studies we will be presenting our County Reports. My class’s reports are due on Tuesday October 11^th , and we will spend Tuesday and Thursday presenting our posters. For Mrs. Ditto’s class, the reports are due on Wednesday, October 12^th and we will present on Wednesday and on Friday.

This week’s homework:

Read 20 mins each day and fill out a pink reading log

Science Vocabulary – 20 mins of study and list signed by parent

Lesson 2.1-P23, 2.3-P27, 2.5-P31, 2.6-P33

County report Due October 11^th

*Math, reading, and vocabulary are due on Friday

Thanks!

Mrs. Wheatley