Week of October 29th

Important Dates:

November 2nd-9th-Book fair

November 6th-Election Day/No School

November 11th-16th-Canned Food Drive

November 19th-23rd-Thanksgiving Holiday/No School

Grammar: We will be learning contractions this week. A contraction is a word or phrase that's (that has) been shortened by dropping one or more letters. In writing, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letters. Ex: can not=can't, have not=haven't

Spelling: We will be working on words that are multi-syllabic words with blends . You can practice at home by giving your student phrases and sentences to practice. You say the sentence, have the student repeat, then pound their hand for each word they hear as they repeat with you again, then have them write. Check for capital at the beginning of the sentence, stretch the words, space the words, and punctuation at the end. Green Words: complex, constrict, hundred, tantrum, conflict, dandruff, trumpet, untwist, distress, pumpkin, abstract, withheld. Nonsense Words: tristmet, conflump, bunplont, flonktip, tonblamp, zinbrust, prastkin, ingrust, natspot. Red Words: every, said, could, hear, cause.

Reading: We will continue our focus this week on sequence of events. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story — the beginning, middle, and end — and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred. The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts.

Writing: This 9 weeks we will focus of informational writing. Informational writing is a type of nonfiction writing that conveys information about something, which means it is factual. Many examples of informational writing can be found in newspapers, almanacs, and reference books. Informational text is often organized so the reader can easily and quickly find information. This week will be working on an informational writing on pumpkins.

Math: We will focus on 2-digit subtraction. We will learn different strategies to subtract 2-digit numbers. We will be using base ten blocks, partial sums, number line, decomposing and expanding form. Please refer to pamphlet that was shared with you at parent conferences or you can also find it on the homepage of the Davis website. If have any questions feel free to reach out to your child's teacher.

Social Studies: This week will be learning about James Oglethorpe. James Oglethorpe was one of the founders of the Georgia Colony. Born on December 22, 1696, he became well known as a soldier, politician, and social reformer. We will learn why he is an important figure in our history.