Week of October 14th - 18th

We've had a busy couple of weeks in room C-6. Students completed their Prezi's on National Parks, so look for those to be posted on the class website. We also wrote and  recorded our own Radio broadcasts on the history of women's baseball. It was a great collaborative effort!

Thank you so much for your donations to help our class 'make a mark' in Jamaica. :)

Here is this weeks reading information:

This week we will be reading "Coyote School News". Here are the skills/strategies for this story:
Genre: Historical Fiction
Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy: Prior Knowledge
Comprehension Review Skill: Setting
Vocabulary: Dictionary/Glossary

The final copy for the Pumpkin Project is due this Friday, October 18th. Please encourage your child to use their best writing. :)

We are continuing to work through Chapter 2 in Math, Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers and Money. Please be sure to practice basic problems at home as well.

A few reminders:
* Picture day will be October 25th
* Parent/Teacher conferences are November 6th-8th