Robert Crown Field Trip Notes
Your child received an informational booklet from the Robert Crown Center. This booklet reviews information learned during the Michael or Linda program, depending on which program your child attended. It may serve as a valuable tool for parents, as the students may have questions following their field trip experience.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 11 focuses on words formed by adding the suffix -ly to adjectives ending with -al. When you add the suffix -ly to the adjectives, they become adverbs.
- English - The students will review the many uses of commas. Then we will learn how to use quotation marks correctly. Writing quotations correctly can be difficult for students because it requires the correct use of commas, capital letters, and end marks, too. We will spend several days on quotation marks to focus on the three places a quotation may appear in a sentence: at the beginning, the end, or in the middle.
- Reading - We will introduce another important reading skill - making inferences. We will model this skill using a short story, "Art of the Needle and Loom." Then the students will practice making inferences while reading a story about the boyhood of Sitting Bull, a leader of the Lakota Souix people. November Book Project - All of the students' book choices have been approved. The next step for students is to read the biography and make notes on the designated worksheet. Students should be reading a little each night in order to finish the biography and project by the end of the month!
- Science - The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Tuesday, November 10! We will play a review game on Monday to help students prepare. The next chapter will continue our study of ecosystems as we learn how ecosystems change over time, both naturally and as a result of human activities.
- Social Studies - The students will learn about life in the colonies. The 13 colonies produced a wide variety of goods and developed valuable trade routes. Please look for information next week about a classroom trade fair!!
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will begin Chapter 5 about decimals. The students will learn about the place values of decimals (through the thousandths place). They will also learn how to read and write decimals correctly, identify equivalent decimals, and compare and order decimals.
Mark Your Calendar:
Nov. 10 - Junior Achievement (5th session)
Nov. 11 - No School (Veteran's Day)
Nov. 12 - Character Counts Assembly
Nov. 19 - Picture Retakes
Nov. 20 - End of 1st Trimester
