Junior Achievement
Our class will be starting Junior Achievement on Wednesday. Our Junior Achievement volunteer, Mr. Blocker, will be visiting our classroom over the next several weeks to present lessons about creating and running a business. The sessions will teach students different concepts such as supply and demand, use of resources, cost of business, and profit. This program shows students real-world applications of several ideas from Social Studies.
Costume Parade/Halloween Party
Students need to bring their costumes to school on Friday. Please understand that costumes might need to be simplified for school purposes since students need to be able to change in a short amount of time. Also, students will be changing in classrooms designated for either girls or boys. Washrooms will not be available for costume changing. Finally, please remember that no weapons, even fake, are allowed at school.
Subject Update:
- English - Students will review how to write quotations using correct capitalization and punctuation. Then students will begin to review all of Unit 5 to prepare for the test scheduled for Wednesday, November 3.
- Science - We will preview some of the Chapter 6 concepts such as predator-prey relationships and adaptations by studying the barn owl.
- Social Studies - We will prepare for the Chapter 5 Test scheduled for Tuesday, October 26. Then we will take a closer look at colonial life in the next chapter.
- Mrs. Strong's Spelling Class - The Lesson 8 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words. A final test will be given Friday.
- Mrs. Strong's Reading Class - During our CORE reading, we will continue to analyze and complete various types of analogies. We will also continue our work on the skill of drawing conclusions and making inferences while reading fictional texts.
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - The students will learn how to solve decimal equations. There will be an open-note activity on Tuesday to assess student understanding of lessons 7-10. Then we will spend a day reviewing all of the various concepts from the chapter to prepare for Thursday's Chapter 3 Test.
Mark Your Calendar:
Oct. 27 - Junior Achievement (Session 1)
Oct. 29 - Costume Parade and Halloween Party
Nov. 2 - No School (Teacher Institute Day)
