Hello Parents, I hope you are having a good week! Are you enjoying the temperature change?? I am not!

Language Arts- This week is a combo week. This is a test week with our series, but I looked ahead at the calendar and the week of Thanksgiving is only 3 days. I didn't want to get behind in our series, so they are taking 1 test a day. They read a story and answer questions. The questions are checking for comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and decoding. They are focusing on all the things we've worked on in this unit. They are also reading the next story. I have lined up those lessons a little differently. I don't want to drain them. They will test over this story and spelling words on Friday. Their book reports are due on Friday. I think I will collect them all and then have a few share each day. That might be easier on the schedule.

Math- They are finishing up their chapter this week. We will do a review and they will most likely test on Monday. We went into the beginning of understanding algebra. On Tuesday they had to solve an equation such as : 3+b= 15  b=12.  It is a difficult task to wrap your head around that you are solving for a letter and then hearing words like variable and algebraic expression. I think before we move into division we are going to work with area and perimeter since we are doing multiplication now. I don't plan on doing an entire chapter, but give them some idea on both.

Funds for the Philippines- The Civics Club is organizing a fundraiser for the people in the Philippines after they typhoon last week. They are creating a flyer. You should look for it in your child's folder today or they will have it with them on Friday. The kids are going to be able to do a variety of things and pay money for each thing, for example, wear sweats to school. There will also be a Noisy Change Collection on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 27.

Trimester- The first trimester ends on Friday. That mean on Monday, November 18 they will have a clean slate with late slips!!! :)  The progress reports will be online and they will be done by December 2.

I hope you have a great weekend! God Bless, Miss Surma