Subject What We’re Learning Mrs. Schimke’s Class Newsletter November 6-10 Subject What We’re Learning Reading We will read a narrative nonfiction text called Bat Loves the Night. Our story skills will be: sequencing, domain-specific vocabulary, suffixes, and synonyms. Our summative assessment will be next week. Language Arts We will spend this week working on our writing skills to complete some fun Thanksgiving activities. Math We will continue multiplying. This week we multiply using the associative property, multiply by 8/9, and use a multiplication table. PRACTICE MULTIPLICATION FACTS EVERY NIGHT!! Science & Social Studies Science – we will start a new unit called “Inheritance & Variation of Traits”. Social Studies – we will learn about life in the Colonies. Teacher Notes Remember to initial the student planner each night. All test, quiz, and assignment dates are subject to change. Library is on Friday. Collect those Box Tops and Pop Tops! Dates to Remember 11/6 Parent-Teacher Conference Questionnaire due 11/9 Treat Day 11/16 Hot Lunch 11/20-11/21 Parent-Teacher Conferences Spelling Words math 8. cheese Review Words: toast 9. June 15. each easy 10. elbow 16. both socks 11. program Friday 12. shiny Challenge Words: stuff 13. piles 17. comb paid 14. sticky 18. holiday Test Date: Nov. 17