The Student will learn to:

ELA (English Language Arts): Unit 2: A Green Future

• refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
• demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).

Writing:

• identify and use noun suffixes in writing.
• recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
• use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and affixes).

Math:  Geometric Investigations

• calculate the perimeter and area of polygons.
• estimate and solve real-world problems involving perimeter and area
• recognize points, lines (intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular), line segments, and rays.
• identify acute, right, and obtuse angles.

Geometric Math Assessment on Wednesday, November 7th.

Math:  Numbers and Number Operations

• identify and write four number sentences for a fact family.
• identify and use properties of multiplication and addition.
• identify the place value of a digit and name the value of a digit from the hundredths place through the hundred thousands place.
• identify and write numbers using numberals, words, models, and expanding notation.
• solve one- and two-step real-world problems.

Social Studies:  Native Americans, Their Land, and Their Cultural Regions

• list seven Native American cultural regions.
• identify environmental factors that promoted cultural diversity among Native Americans.
• describe examples of cultural adaptations made by Native Americans.
• research and describe a Native American Tribe.

This Week's Homework is due on Friday, November  9th.

Math: 

• Math Practice #10
• Practice Math Facts 5 minutes per night

Reading:

• Senor Coyote
• Read 20 minutes per night

Spelling: 

• Unit 3 Week 1

Study Island: 

• Reading - Text Features 
• Science - Collect and Interpret Data

Monday - Day 2: Computers

Tuesday - Day 3: Art

Wednesday - Day 4: Spanish/Music

Thursday - Day 5: PE/Spanish

Friday -Day 1: PE/Music

I will send Scholastic Book Club flyers home each month.  If you would like to order books, you can do so one of the following two ways: 

1. send the order form back in with a check
2. click the link below to order online with our class code - FZPKM 

I will close out each order at the end of each month and the books should arrive about a week later.  Thank you!