Mannequin Challenge

Check out our mannequin challenge!
http://viewpure.com/vVmT_aNWODQ?start=0&end=0

Battle of the Books Quiz Links

Click on the links below to take online comprehension quizzes for each BOB book! Let Mrs. Whitley know each time you take a quiz by recording the quiz and your score in your agenda and you will receive a ticket! Good luck, kids! Let's rock this Battle!!

The Watsons Go to Birmingham
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/3396-the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963-quiz
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963/study-guide/quiz1

Out of My Mind
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/4824-out-of-my-mind
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3703311.html

Mission Unstoppable
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3423590.html
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/GamesAndContests/Quiz.aspx?GQId=4483823

Rules
https://www.quia.com/quiz/1426768.html
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-rules/free-quiz.html#gsc.tab=0

The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky
https://www.quia.com/quiz/5462480.html

Crash
https://www.quia.com/rr/837440.html
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-crash-jerry-spinelli/free-quiz.html#gsc.tab=0

When You Reach Me
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-when-you-reach-me/free-quiz.html#gsc.tab=0
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/2347-when-you-reach-me

The Fairy Tale Detectives
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/7435-the-fairy-tale-detectives
https://www.quia.com/quiz/3302657.html

Among the Hidden
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-among-the-hidden/free-quiz.html
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/25396-among-the-hidden

Chasing the Falconers
http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/30607-chasing-the-falconers-1
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz30334722ba6f0.html

Week of November 7-11

Dates to Know

Nov. 8 ~ No School for Election Day

Nov. 10 ~ Book Fair Shopping @ 9:00am (Parents are welcome to join us.)

Nov. 16 ~ Early Release Day

 

Upcoming Quizzes

Wed, 11/9 ~ Native Americans

Fri, 11/11 ~ Exploration

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Have you signed up for your parent-teacher conference? If not, click the link below! It is important that I meet with each family so you can receive your child’s progress report.

http://signup.com/go/MKqsHH

 

Here’s what we’re learning this week!

Reading: Our focus for reading this week will be learning to q

Writing: This week we will continue to explore opinion writing and we will work on learning to build support for our opinions using a variety of interesting topics.

Word Study: This week we will continue to focus on the rules for pluralization as well as appropriate uses for the apostrophe.

Math: In math, the focus will continue to be decimal place value and operations. My group will be working on rounding, adding, and subtracting decimals.

Social Studies: We will have 2 quizzes this week. The first will be over Native Americans on Wednesday. The second will be on Friday and it will be over exploration.

 

Have a great week, and as always, don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns! J

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Age of Exploration ~ Technological Tools
https://www.tes.com/lessons/_5Nt1ciGaIqYFg/technology-in-the-age-of-exploration

Week of October 31-November 4

Report Card Video
Important! Please click here to view the report card explanation!


Welcome back and Happy Halloween!! We had a really fun day today! Ask your child about his/her opinion on the existence of the Loch Ness Monster!

 Upcoming Quizzes
Native American Quiz (11/9) and Exploration Quiz (11/11)
 

Coming soon…
An email with a link for conference sign ups will be coming soon. Please be sure to sign up as this is where you will receive your child’s report card.

• Book Fair next week! We will preview this Wednesday and our shopping day will be Thursday, 11/10.

Here’s what we’re learning this week…

7 Habits: This week we will focus on habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Reading:  Our focus for reading this week will be on learning how to quote accurately from a text when explaining what that text says. We will be reading some interesting material and using the strategy of state, cite, explain to continue building our abilities in this area as this is a lifelong skill.

Writing: For writing, our focus is opinion writing. Students will be given many opportunities this week to practice building an opinion through writing.

Word Study: In examining student writing, I've discovered a need for learning the appropriate use of the apostrophe and the pluralization rules. Therefore, we will begin learning the rules for apostrophe use and pluralization this week.

Math: During math, we will continue to build our understanding of decimals looking a comparing and then understanding how to order decimals in both ascending and descending order.

Social Studies:  We will be wrapping up our unit on exploration this week and next as we examine the history of European exploration, as well as its impact on geography, and economics.