October *Monday 10/1- Blue Shirt Day *Friday 10/5- Spirit Day- Wear Berkley Attire *Tuesday 10/9- School Picture Day *Monday 10/22- Friday 10/26- Spirit Week *Wednesday 10/31- Halloween Parade and Party Finish Unit 1 and move on to Unit 2: Multiplication and Geometry square numbers) area of rectangles factors and factor pairs multiples, prime and composite numbers multiplicative comparisons Keep studying MULTIPLICATION FACTS! Unit 1: Interpreting Characters; The Heart of the Story Retelling Synthesizing Envisioning Building ideas about characters using evidence to support thoughts. The mentor text The Tiger Rising will be a read aloud. Science Unit 1: Energy Students will engage in five investigations that focus on the concepts that energy presents whenever there is motion, electric current, sound, light, or heat.. They will manipulate electrical energy with batteries, light bulbs, and wires. Students will interpret data from their graphs to develop explanations and make predictions based on evidence revealed through investigations. Students will continue to write narrative pieces. We will take a look at mentor texts and discuss the steps of the writing process in order for students to write their own. Social Studies Chapter 1: The Geography of New Jersey Students will study the landscape and waters of New Jersey as well as our state’s climate.