ELA

This week we will begin Journeys Unit 2 Lesson 6. The anchor text for this week is the informational text, Animals Building Homes. Our lessons for the week will be "anchored" by this text. Our phonics and spelling lessons for the week will focus on the final consonant blends: nd, ng, nk, nt, ft, xt and mp. Our grammar studies this week will focus on plural nouns.  In reading and comprehension we will focus on "text" and "graphic" features. We will complete writing our true narratives this week. Students have written a first draft of their narratives. This week we will revise our work and write a final copy. This week students will take a spelling test. There will be no other ELA tests this week. 

MATH

Last week we completed Chapter 2, which focused on subtraction strategies. Our assessment for this chapter will be on Tuesday. In order to prepare for the test, students should look back at the Chapter 2 math packet at problem examples. After our assessment, we will begin our exploration of Chapter 3. Chapter 3 is an introduction to place value. 

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week we will begin our study of Chapter 2: People, Places and Nature. Students will be taught to use maps to locate places. Students will learn the difference between relative and absolute locations. Students will also learn how to interpret map information using a compass rose and map legend.

RELIGION

Students will explore Chapter 5 "We Celebrate Confirmation." In this chapter students will learn that at Confirmation, a person is sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit. Students will also receive a take-home "All Saints Day" homework assignment. With this assignment students will be asked to research a saint of their choice, and complete a worksheet telling about the saint.  

SCIENCE/HEALTH

Students will be assessed on Topic 1 "Properties of Matter" on Wednesday, Oct. 28th.  A study guide has been posted on Google Classroom to assist in preparation and review for this test. Students should also look back at the Topic 1 packet. In health class this week we will continue to learn about Halloween safety.