November 20 - 24

Important Dates:

**On NOVEMBER 30 at 9:30 am to 11:30am ...
we will be going to see the movie "Wonder"

A notice went home on Friday, November 17.
Please return it by Thursday, November 23.


The cost will be $_7_ per student for the movie.
If students wish... they can buy a "snack pack"
for $5.50 (popcorn, pop / water, and chocolate bar).


Nov. 24 = No School Friday

Nov. 29 = Winter Market


Friendly reminder... $35 for School Supplies at the office.
......................................................
......................................................
What we are studying....
.....................................................

Language Arts - Novel Study....
            Among The Impostors -Completed!
If you missed a few chapters... click here for the audio book... please get caught up!
THANKS!  **ANNABELL, HAILYN, DAKOTA, TEGAN, and EVA** 

ATI Audiobook 

Writing: November is Sensory Imagery Writing month.
               ~ Daily writing, lessons... focus on writer's voice, 
                  word choice, variety of sentence lengths and 
                  beginnings, sentence structures, punctuation, 
                  and editing skills. 
Students have chosen a biome and will describe it in detail...

Sensory World 

~Word Work - Unit 10 test... in their books
                      - Unit #11 distributed Monday, TEST on Thursday morning.

Weekly Journal Entries continue.
....................................................................
Math - Patterns and pattern rules... Tests returned.

           - NOW... Expressions and Input / Output Machines

Stop That Creature! Input / Output Machines 

           - practice Expressions / Word Problems

             Evaluate-variable-expressions 

             Solve-variable-equations 

             Equations-to-represent-word-problems 
       
.........................................

Socials - Mapping unit  -Fantasy Map

 INQUIRY for students... Starts here!
 Creating Your Own Fantasy Map!
..................................................................
Cool Science Inquiries:
NEW Topic to explore...

"HOW DO ALL LIVING THINGS SURVIVE?"

Students must generate many questions to investigate, branching off from the main topic.

Websites that will help...

7 Characteristics of living things

Living Things Change

Adaptations

More Amazing Adaptations

Crash Course for Kids

..............................................
PE - Volleyball Skills: assessment time...volleys, sets, digs, serves, & rules.
.................................................................
French - Madame Vording

Music - Mr. Dureski and Mrs. Peters.
...............................................................
ART -  integrated into daily work / learning
       Finish Remembrance Day Layering ART on Tuesday.
This week's lesson is finishing our Fantasy Maps! 
 ..............................................................
  Congrats to BECKAM for being Worker of the Week last week!
He earned 10 House Team Points for the COUGARS! 
..........................................................