1. Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Daigle’s
Weekly Overview
Week of August 27, 2018
LEARNING IS WINNING!!
Math: This week we will be focusing on comparing Multi-Digit Whole Numbers. Please refer to the Math News Letter on how this topic will be taught. This can be found in their Math Folders.
Unit 1 “Topic A” quiz Wednesday
Math 4 Today will be done Mon-Thursday in class and Tested on Friday.
Science: Weather and Erosion.
This week in science we will learn about volcanoes and where they exist in the world.
-In class discoveries, nonfiction articles, probes and observation of maps and pictures –Ask them about our coastline!
S.S. (BOTH CLASSES):This week we will be learning about important features on a U.S. map. The quiz will be next Tuesday will be on locating these features. Students will work on a worksheet in class that they may use as a study guide. This should be located in their SS folders.
Reading: This week we will continue our unit on hurricanes and will focus on THEME. The big concept this year will be comprehension. Students must comprehend the story in order to answer the questions and write the essay on the weekly test. Please go over the story on weekly tests to see your child’s comprehension skills. This week we will be learning to “annotate” the stories in order to help with comprehension. You will see evidence of this on upcoming tests.
Writing: This week we will be continuing to write in response to hurricane stories. The focus will be on using the RACE strategy for paragraph writing. We will work on verbs as well. Please be sure to look at the back page of weekly tests to see the writing progress. I promise it will get better 
Spelling: Spelling words are written into student planners every Monday and this week will focus on LONG A. Homework will be assigned on these words each week. No call out spelling tests will occur, but students will be asked to search for words in a story that use the same vowel patterns as their words on their weekly reading tests. Each week they will earn points for this spelling exercise and points will be totaled for a final grade at the end of the 9 weeks.
Important Reminders
Test folders are sent home every Tuesday to be reviewed, signed, then returned by Thursday.
NO SCHOOL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD-LABOR DAY!
Make-up tests will be given during “ART” time on Tuesdays. This prevents students from missing additional instruction in core subjects while making up the test.
Thank you so much for all of the supplies coming in from our wish lists at open house! We are very fortunate to have parents help us with supplies needed for our classrooms
– ELA, S.S. – Math, Science, S.S.