Events and Reminders:

Please sign your childs agenda nightly

Your child should be bringing home his/her science
and social studies notebooks nightly.
Check your childs homework folder each night.
Picture Retakes - Tuesday, October 4th

October 3-7, 2016

ELA- Imagine It!

Everyday Math

Unit 1 Theme: Risks and Consequences

Uint 3 Multiplication, Division, Number Sentences

and Algebra

Unit 1 Lesson 4 Langston Hughes: Poet of the

People comprehension test 10/6/16
Spelling: no spelling
Unit 2 Natures Delicate Balance introduction
on Friday 10/7
homework:
cursive page 22: due Fri 10/7 Grammar/Word
Structure Practice: no Grammar homework
this week

This unit begins by focusing on Multiplication

facts. This is the only week of the unit that
students will be given designated time to
practice and review multiplication facts. This
should be a review for students! Students will
continue to need these facts for the remainder
of the year. PLEASE PRACTICE
MULTIPLICATION FACTS AT HOME!
Homework: Study Link 3.3 and Multiplication
Fact Practice due Friday

Social Studies:

Science:

Unit 4-2: North American Settlement

Unit: Weather

Key Concept Question: How did Native

Americans, Europeans, and Africans influence
the settlement of North America politically,
economically, geographically, and socially?

This week, students will be able to make

corrections on the weather test from last
week.

4-2.1 EQ: What impact did the Columbian

Exchange have on North American culture?
**Your child should be reading over and studying
his/her 4-2.1 notes nightly.
**Check your childs planner for weekly homework.

We will also be discussing the scientific

method and doing a fun, team building
experiment to reinforce scientific method.
Science District Benchmark Test on the
Weather Unit will be next Wednesday,
October 12th.

GT ELA (Ms. Barnes)

GT Math (Ms. Lastoria)

-This week in ELA, we will begin our Lessons from the

Holocaust learning groups. The students will begin rotating
through centers with a small group of their peers. They will
read and analyze different texts that help them learn lessons
of perseverance and courage! They will make a claim to help
them answer the Focus Question: What lessons can be
learned from studying the Holocaust? Then, they will use the
strategies and skills I have modeled in class to help them
locate evidence within each text to help support their claims.
This is a unit study and will continue for the next two weeks.
We will have a summative essay on 10/14/16 at the end of
the unit to answer the Focus Question.

*Homework: No Homework this week! I would like for

students to focus on studying their multiplication facts. I
will be sending home a resource sheet with iPad apps and
websites to help students study in a fun way!

-Identifying the structure of a text helps the reader understand

the authors purpose for writing. The students will use what
they learned about text features to help them identify the
structure of different informational texts this week in small
group. We will then discuss how the structure of a text helps
us better understand the central idea of the information
presented.

Spelling: GT List 2 Test on 10/7/16. This list is on

spellingcity.com
Word Study: None this week!
Grammar: Types of Nouns (common/proper) Quick Quiz
on Friday 10/7/16
**There is an ELA packet with a word of the week
organizer and reading comprehension sheet due
back by Friday, 10/7/16! Thanks.

*In M3, we are continuing our Numbers & Operations unit

titled Factors, Multiples & Leftovers. This week we are
continuing our study of division near facts.
*Everyday Math Unit 3 - This unit focuses on
multiplication and number sentences. Your child will be
receiving Everyday Math instruction based on their pretest
results.
*ALEKS Math - Your child will be working on ALEKS math
when they are not part of the Everyday Math group.
Students are not required, but are encouraged to work
on ALEKS Math at home.
Important Dates:

Check-Up #4 - Wednesday, October 5th

Reminders:

Everything, other than Math 4 Today quizzes, can

be corrected & returned for back credit.

A parent signature is required for back credit

on a C, D, or F.
**Ask your child about our incentive for mastering
multiplication facts!! :)

Lifeskill Focus: Reading

Lifeskill Leaders:
Lastoria: Leah Titus & Andrew Willoughby
Eyrich: Esther Najera & Johnson Ho
Crowley: Rylee OLeary & Ryan Ricci
Barnes: Cierra Yates & Elias Elyakini
Lewis: Talon Arbogast & Nare Heboyan
Payne: Azriela Miller & Justin Frawley