Hello Parents,  
I hope you have enjoyed your week. I know I am loving these cooler temps! I had a great time last Saturday watching my niece play soccer for Loras College, even in those horrible temps! 

Book It- I will give your child their October calendar on Friday. They will need to read 600 minutes in October. 

Reading- This week we are reading the story Elisa's Diary. Elisa has moved to the USA from Puerto Rico and is having a difficult time learning to speak English. She can write it, but she can't speak it. She meets a boy from Guatemala who has the exact same problem, but the opposite. He can speak it, but not write it. Together they help each other out. We learn in the end that she has become a teacher. We discussed how the theme of our story is that friends can help you overcome obstacles. Their grammar this week is about making nouns plural. We created a chart to show the rules of how the spelling can change from singular to plural. They need to pay attention to the spelling to determine what to do. They will be able to use that rule sheet as a guide on their test on Friday.  In spelling, they created a word search. They will have someone else solve it on Thursday. 

This is Week 5 of our series. This means that next week will be the Unit test. I will break it up over the week, but I hope to be done by Friday. 

Math- They are working on multiplication with single and double digit numbers. We are also working on figuring out a division problem by using the distributive property. This is more challenging and we do a lot of it together to get the process down. We should be nearing a test soon. 

Religion-They will be testing over this chapter next week. We have been discussing the Paschal Mystery and the sacraments.
We really enjoyed the visit from Sister Mary Vincent, a friend to the Eblen family. She explained how she became a sister and everything they have to do. It was GREAT! 

Next Monday we will be having a speaker in to discuss bullying. K-5 will be in the gym right away that morning. Wear a blue t-shirt to support no bullying!

Have a great weekend! Early out on Friday for homecoming. I am heading back to Waterloo for my niece's homecoming. 
God Bless ,
Miss Surma