Hi Everyone!

How is already the end of October?!  This month has flown by!  Here are some things happening in our classroom:

Math- Students are working hard with factors, multiples, multiplication facts, multidigit multiplication, and finding the area of rectangles.  Next week we will learn about properties of triangles and quadrilaterals and discuss lines of symmetry.  We will have our unit 2 math test either at the end of next week or the beginning of the following week.  I will keep you posted on the blog!

Writing- Our narrative writing is going strong!  Over the last few weeks we have worked on writing memorable endings, adding transition words, figurative language, and editing/revising with peers.  Next week we will work on one more practice narrative before our final assessment.

Reading- This week students practiced a variety of reading responses that showed their thinking around literary elements.  We also worked on summarizing using somebody, wanted, but, so, then, finally, to help us organize our thinking.  Next week we will begin Greek Mythology and will start comparing characters and themes.

Science- Students have been learning about force and motion concepts and conducted experiments that tested the relationship between mass, acceleration and force.  We will be learning about Newton's 3 Laws of motion this week.

Upcoming Dates and Information-

Monday, October 31st- We will not have a Halloween party tomorrow, however we will spend time in the afternoon finishing our jitterbots from Genius Hour last Friday. We will also be watching The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe tomorrow as well and will compare similarities and differences to the play that we saw at the Flynn Theater earlier this month.  If you have any concerns about your child seeing this movie, please email me and let me know.

Book Orders- Book order forms went home in Friday folders.  Book orders are due Friday, November 11th.  If you would like to place an order online, please use the Book Orders tab above.

Conferences- Parent/teacher conference are Monday and Tuesday November 21 & 22nd.  Sign up information should be going out this week in the MBS Buzz newsletter. I will also add a link to our blog once the sign up portal is open.

Thanksgiving Break- Students are off for Thanksgiving break from November 21-25th.

Genius Hour- Students are enjoying Genius Hour time on Friday afternoons and are in the middle of exploring circuits with their jitterbots.  If you have any tools that are not being used and would like to send them in to the classroom, we will take them!  We could use, screwdrivers, pliers, hand held wire cutters, hammers, and awls. Thanks for your support!

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!  Let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Carney