November 9 - 13

Reminder:   Field trip slips and money are due Monday.   I am still missing several.

I will be out of school Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday as I work on an accreditation team in Kenosha.

 Religion: Chapter 4 is the scripture story “The Calming of the Sea”.   This story teaches us about miracles, the disciples, and trust in God.   Students will be working as reporters near the Sea of Galilee; they will interview disciples to write a news article.   As we continue in the chapter, students will learn the significance of the sign of the fish.   The test on Chapters 3 & 4 will be next week, Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Reading: We’ll finish most of the Number the Stars book this week.   Besides vocabulary, we’ll also look at other literary devices, such as cliffhangers, and notice figurative language that we studied previously.   The end of the book test will be the following week, Tues. Nov. 17.

Mrs. Sobczak and I also assigned the next book report; students should have brought home the directions on an orange half sheet of paper.   Besides the written report on an adventure book, they will learn to make a brochure to advertize it in computer class.   The written report is due Dec. 2; the brochure is due Jan. 8.

Language Arts:  Chapter 7 will cover common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, and abbreviations. We’ll continue into chapter 8 before taking a test on both chapters.

Social Studies:   The writing portion of the chapter 3 test will be Monday, Nov. 9.  The topic is the influences of Marco Polo.  Veterans’ Day is Wednesday; we’ll do a short activity.     Chapter 4 is about the explorers and conquerors that came to the Americas.   As we read we’ll practice note taking and mapping skills.

Art:  We’ll continue with our scarecrows using oil pastels.