Week of November 12th

Important Dates:

November 11th-16th-Canned Food Drive

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

December 3rd-15th-Giving Tree

December 19th-Spirit Wear/Fresh Fruit Wednesday

December 20th & 21st-Early Release

December 24th-January 4-No School/Holiday Break

Grammar: We will be learning about pronouns this week. A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who. Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the preposition, and more.

Spelling: We will be working on words that are have -ed endings. 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: landed, spelled, rushed, melted, filled, stamped, hunted, buzzed, hushed, acted, spilled, asked, happened, granted, pinched. Nonsense Words: no more nonsense words. Red Words: these, those, please, always, its.

Reading: We will focus this week on analyzing nonfiction text. A Nonfiction Text is any text that contains true or factual information… ... Examples of Nonfiction Text Features include…Table of Contents, Headings, Bold Words, Captions, Photographs, Graphs, Charts, Illustrations, Glossary, and Index.

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 what we are thankful for.

Math: We will be wrapping up 2-digit subtraction problems including word problems that have both 2-digit subtraction and addition in them. We will continue to use strategies to subtract and add 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 Mary usgrove. Mary Musgrove was of mixed Yamacraw and English ancestry. She facilitated in the development of Colonial Georgia and became an important intermediary between Muscogee Creek natives and the English colonists.