Friday, October 28, 2016

	Thank you to the parent volunteers for organizing a great Fall Festival party today! Everyone had a blast! Scroll down for more pictures!
Subject	Learning Targets and Activities for week of:  10/31-11/4
Reading	The summative test students took this past week will come home in their Tuesday folder. They did a great job! Grade book will be updated this weekend with their grades. Students were introduced to the concept of main idea and details. They will be reading informational passages and determining the main idea.   Homework: Read for 20 minutes each night.
Writing	Students are writing about informational texts this quarter.  They have picked their expert topic and are now creating main idea and details on their graphic organizers. We will be digging deeper into details and supporting details.
Word Study	We are focusing on long vowels in the first and second syllables using the vowel pairs oa, ow, and oo in accented syllables. Word Study Homework: Due Wednesday, November 9th Vocabulary Homework: Due Thursday, November 10th Word Study Test: Thursday, November 10th
Flynn Math	Next week, we will be working on 2 digit by 1 digit and 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication problems. We will also discuss the inverse operation division and how they relate. Students will share strategies and we will discuss how to make our strategies more efficient. Homework this week: There will be no math homework this week. If your child has time to play Reflex or Sumdog, that would be great, but not required.
Content Areas	Science/Social Studies - Changes in the Earth’s Surface summative is on Wednesday. Please encourage your child to continue to review the vocabulary words. We have done many activities with these words in class. After, we will be going back to social studies and learning about the prehistoric and historic indians.

Reminders & Important Information

Donations Needed:  One of our Leighton teachers, Linda Proctor, is in the process of designing some activities to help children learn more about the environment and become more in tune with nature.  If you have any of the following items at home that you would be willing to donate, it would be greatly appreciated.  Binoculars, large magnifying glasses, any type of identification books (trees, plants, bird, insect etc), bug viewers, bug catchers, butterfly nets etc.  Thank You!

Important Dates:

Wednesday, 11/2-Internet Safety Assembly
Friday, November 4-Orchestra Concert-Bring disposable lunch and dress for the orchestra.:)

Tuesday, 11/8 - No School - Election Day

Wednesday - Friday- 11/23 - 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break

Ohio Projects in Media. In Mrs. Kinkoph's media class, students researched Ohio inventions. They created their own version of an Ohio History Museum! Students identified Ohio's impact on the rest of the world through invention and innovation. Awesome job!

We had such a great time at the party today! Loved everyone's costumes!