Reading & Language Arts Science/Social Studies Miss Gaughan’s Newsletter Week of October 1st- 5th Reading & Language Arts We are starting Journey Lesson 3. We will read My Librarian Is a Camel. The skills associated with this lesson are cause & effect and visualizing. We will have a comprehension quiz on Wednesday, October 3rd. The test for this test will be Tuesday October 9th. Spelling/Grammar – We will be focusing on words with short i and long i. The quiz for this will be this Thursday, October 4th. Grammar- We are focusing on using quotations. The quiz will be Thursday, October 4th. Writing – We will be wrapping up our first writing piece – a narrative piece. We will start focusing on using dialogue in writing. Reminders -This week is the week of Respect. We will be doing activities throughout the week that focus on respect. *Spirit Days: Monday – wear green/yellow/Spirit wear Wednesday – Wear pajamas Friday – Sports Jersey/shirt *Students have off Monday, 10/8 Math -We are continuing Chapter 2. Chapter 2 focuses on multiplying by 1-digit numbers. The mid-chapter checkpoint is Wednesday October 3rd. The test will be Tuesday, October 16th. -We will be practicing the 5x tables. Our quiz for these math facts will be Friday, October 5th. Science/Social Studies We are continuing Unit 1 in Science. This unit focuses on weathering, erosion, deposition and fossils.