Thanksgiving Week

On Friday we said goodbye to Mrs. Philbin and took some time to thank her for all that she has done to help us this year! She will be greatly missed within our classroom! On a happier note, we are looking forward to welcoming Mrs. Micek back on Monday!

For Monday and Tuesday of this week, our main focus will be on Cause and Effect. This concept will not only be practiced in reading, but Science, as well. We will wrap up our seed experiment on Tuesday and check our hypothesis that we made when we first planted our seeds. In math, we will working on some Thanksgiving math problems.

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving Break!

**Reminders**

*5th Grade Fieldtrip to Robert Crown: Tuesday, November 22nd

*Thanksgiving Break: No school Wednesday, November 23-Friday, November 25th

November 14-18th

We are definitely going to have a busy week here next week!

This week in reading, we are going to be practicing comparing and contrasting. We will be reading the story "Waves for You", which compares wave pools to the ocean, along with several other mini-stories.

In math, we are continuing to work with addition, varying between repeated addition and double to triple digit addition. By the end of the week, some of us will be beginning subtraction with borrowing.

On Monday and Tuesday in Social Studies, we will be on the computer researching our landforms. For the remainder of the week, we will be using our class time to put together our models. I cannot wait to see the final products!!

In Science, we will be monitoring and recording any activity/growth with our radish seeds. Hopefully we will be seeing a bud before the end of the week!

In writing, we will continue to write in our Writer's Notebooks daily, as well as, write a response to the letters we receive from our buddies. We did all have a lot of fun today meeting our pen pals for the first time today! The students interviewed each other and even got a tour of Lakeview!

Enjoy your extra long weekend!

November 7-11th

I hope that everyone has recovered from all of the Halloween fun earlier this week. It is hard to believe that we are in November already!!!

In reading, our new skill of the week is sequencing! Along with our daily reading packet and materials, we will be working together to put "clues" in order to help us solve a few mysteries within our classroom.

We will continue to work on addition next week in math, but also integrate place value into our lessons to enhance our understanding of number sense.

In Social Studies, we will explore a few more states in detail and end the week learning about the two countries that neighbor the U.S.

Also, our spelling lists next week will only be six words due to the shortened week!

Have a great weekend!!

Dates to Remember:

Rollerskating Party- Monday, November 7th- After School

Friday, November 11th: Veteran's Day- NO SCHOOL