Week of November 26-30

Welcome back!  I hope your Thanksgiving was peaceful and relaxing!  We only have 3½ more weeks until Winter Break!  Below you will find a few things you need to be aware of in the coming week or so.

 

Husky Helping House

As is Harmony tradition, our class is adopting a child for the Husky Helping House to ensure that this child has a joyous holiday season.  I will be sending home a letter on Monday requesting your support.  You may sign up to buy an item or donate money.  Please respond to this letter no later than Wednesday and enclose your donation should you choose to donate money, so I can organize the child’s wish list to assign families items to buy by this coming weekend.  All gifts are due no later than December 10^th!  This is such a cool event and the kids really get into it each year, so please consider contributing if you can.

 

Girls’ Night Out
Last chance to sign up!  Girls’ Night Out will take place this Friday afternoon from 2:30-4:00pm.  I ask that you please send your money in no later than Wednesday so I will know how many girls to order pizza for.  The girls may bring pajamas that day to change into after school so they will be comfy as we watch our movie and chow down on pizza!

 

Harmony Food Drive
We will continue to collect cans for the annual Harmony Food Drive.  Please send in canned goods and other non-perishable items.

 

BOB
Please encourage your child to keep reading those BOB books so they will be successful competitors in the Battle of the Books competition come February!  You can support their comprehension by discussing what the books and asking them to tell you about their reading each night.

 

Upcoming Tests
Measurement Quiz on Friday over converting between measures in the same system (U.S. customary and metric)

 

Here’s what we’ll be learning this week!

Social Studies:  Recently, we have learned about the first English colonies in the New World.  Now we will delve a little deeper to explore characteristics of the 3 colonial regions of the 13 original colonies.

Math:  This week kicks off a new unit on fractions and mixed numbers.  It is going to move fast because the kids should have some background knowledge from 3^rd and 4^th grade.   We will be learning to calculate the fractional part of a whole, compare and order fractions, find equivalent fractions, and how to make fractions into decimals.

Word Study:  I plan to use this time to review the systems of measurement and how to convert between various measures within the same system.  Learning the root meanings of words such as centimeter, millimeter, and kilometer will help the kids a lot.

Reading:  This week we will work in guided reading groups to utilize comprehension strategies as we read common texts.

Writing:  Students will learn to support their thinking on extended response questions using support taken from a reading passage.