1. Britton’s and Wilson’s BREAKING NEWSletter
November 14th – November 18th
ELA:
 We will continue our Wondering/Questioning Unit. Our text this week is Missing May. We will continue to read various fiction texts to gather ideas to draft our own fiction narratives.
Vocabulary:
Flabbergasted: very surprised, shocked, or astonished.
Slog: walk slowly or heavily, as if you are walking through deep snow or mud.
Commence: begin or start.
Permissible: allowed or permitted. If something is permissible, you can do it.
Impermissible: not allowed or permitted. If something is impermissible, you may not do it.
Adventuresome: If you are feeling adventuresome, you are feeling bold and ready for adventure.
Math:
Our math skill this week is finding area, the distributive property, and finding the area of a rectilinear figure.
Announcements:
Thanksgiving Holidays are Nov. 19th – Nov. 27th. Enjoy the time with your family.
We will have a canned food drive November 7th – 18th. Please send something for a needy family for Thanksgiving.
We are collecting box tops. Please contribute if possible. Thanks in advance!
Please remember to send a snack with your child each day. Snacks are also available for purchase (50 cents each).
Join Remind by to This is how we send out reminders/announcements.
Handy Homework:
I can statements: I can tell time to the last minute and calculate intervals of time. I can visualize from a passage. I can ask and answer questions about a passage. I can reread for information. I can recognize a pronoun.
Test Dates:
Math: Math Assessment (Big Test) over Area, Distributive Property, and Rectilinear Area is Thursday, November 17th, (finish on the 18th), 3rd fact fluency on Fri. November 18th
ELA: No tests this week.
Be sure to encourage your child to read each night. They should be reading at least 20 minutes. Ask your child about what they are reading and what is happening in their book. They love to share their reading knowledge with you!
All ELA homework is due on THURSDAY.
Grammar review practice sheet #1
Grammar review practice sheet #2
Reading comprehension worksheet
Math Homework:
Monday : Study Guide for Thursday’s test
Tuesday: Study Guide for Thursday’s test
Wednesday: Study Guide for tomorrow’s test
Thursday: Study Guide to finish today’s test

2. Britton’s and Wilson’s BREAKING NEWSletter
November 14th-18th
Math
I can:
use the distributive property to find the area of a rectangle or a square.
Find the area of a rectilinear shape.
multiply and divide using 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 6’s, and 10’s.
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I can statements: I can tell time to the last minute and calculate intervals of time. I can visualize from a passage. I can ask and answer questions about a passage. I can reread for information. I can recognize a pronoun.
ELA Standards
I can:
Ask and answer questions about a text
Determine the main idea of a text and explain the key details and explain how they support the main idea
Reread a story for information
Use the text to make inferences
Write narratives to develop imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences
Write about various topics over an extended period of time