December 3 --- December 7

Dates to Note: 

November 26-December 7

• Food Drive

December 3

• Math Test

December 7

• Word Study Test   

Word Study Update

Over the next two weeks, the students will be working on vocabulary centering on Geometry. Our next math unit covers Geometry and we have found that teaching the words in Language Arts, makes a big difference in their overall understanding. The test will be about the meaning of the words as opposed to the spelling of the words. 

Reading Update

Website

  Or TFK as we call it has proven to be very challenging for the students. You can help at home by discussing the topics, especially the heavy vocabulary. This week's article focuses on the upcoming election. Some tough words are: 

• quality
• spew
• ultimatum
• preserve

Math Update

We have our test Wednesday. You can help at home by practicing multiplication and division word problems. Here are some examples:

• A hotel has 7 floors. The lobby, restaurant, and gym are located on the ground floor. The guestrooms are on 1st to 6th floors. 1. If there are 35 standard rooms on each floor, how many standard rooms are there? 2. There are 4 housekeepers working on each floor. One room only requires one housekeeper. If the housekeepers try distributing the work equally, how many housekeepers need to clean more rooms than the others?

Content Update-

Mrs. Canalichio's Homeroom: Beginning a unit on Virginia's Native Americans with Mrs. Canalichio. 

Mrs. Elsie's Homeroom: Beginning a unit on Movie Making with Mrs. Elsie.

Ms. Shifflett's Homeroom: Beginning a unit on Ecosystems with Ms. Shifflett. 

Mr. Thompson's Homeroom: Beginning a unit on Electricity with Mr. Thompson.