October 31-November 4

Curriculum October 31-November 4
I hope that everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. 
We will be collecting Halloween candy to send to the troops along with letters of gratitude and beanie babies.  If there is any extra Halloween candy, please send it in with your child. Thank you in advance for your support.

enVision Math
Monday, we will be using pumpkins to estimate and practice analyzing data.  The rest of the focus of the week will be: The Distributive Property, 3 as a factor, 4 as a factor, and 6 and 7 as factors.

Rigby Reading
We will continue the last week of Theme 5 "Times Have Changed" in Rigby. The comprehension strategies we will continue to focus on are monitor understanding and reviewing synthesizing.

Spelling
The Rigby Spelling list will focus on silent consonants.  The Rigby list words are found, laugh, sleep, something, avoid, choice, destroy, oyster, royal, and turquoise.

The extension list focus is co, com (together). The extension words are coexist, cohesive, coincidence, combine, commiserate, committee, communication, community, compare, and compatible.

Science
We will begin a unit on weather learning about types of weather and weather patterns.

Social Studies
We will begin a unit on the government learning about the different branches and roles of government leaders.

Writing
We will continue our focus on descriptive writing this week.  The students will use personification to bring inanimate things to life.

Have a wonderful week!