Tomorrow is a big day for our class. We will be wearing pajamas because our class donated the most money for the PTA Donation Drive. Thank you so much to all those who donated. We also will have a spooky flashlight reading time in the library because we donated the most money from 4th grade to the Coins for Coats drive. Wow! We are a generous bunch! We will have our special lunch for the monthly challenge in our 40 Book Challenge tomorrow. The students who read a book in a series and wrote a notecard for that book will eat lunch in our classroom with a special treat. It is going to be a great day!
OMS Toy Drive-Thank you to all those who donated new toys for our OMS Toy Drive. The toys will go to children at Dell Children's Hospital. Our drive will continue until the end of November.
Food Drive-Our school is also participating in a food drive for the Round Rock Serving Center. Thank you for sending in non-perishable food to help our people in our community.
TAG Parent Information Night-The TAG teachers will host an information night on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 in the library. The meeting will be held from 6:00 to 6:30 PM and is for parents of students not currently in TAG, who are interested in learning more about the program.
Read about our week-
Reading-We finished up our beginning study of expository text. We will continue to read non-fiction and practice strategies to deepen our understanding, but our focus for the next two weeks will be on reading and discussing poetry.
Writing-Our expository/opinion pieces are almost done. We will finish those up and celebrate our writers. Writing with an introduction that includes a thesis statement or central idea and at least two reasons with lots of supporting details and examples as well as a strong conclusion is challenging, but we are working on doing that with independence and style. We will continue to refine our expository writing skills. Then we will begin writing poems of different forms. We will use lots of imagery, sensory words, and strong word choice.We will include some personification, similes, and metaphors. Line breaks and stanzas will also be important as we organize our thoughts into poems. Poetry writing is super fun.
Grammar-We will continue to work on combining sentences and compare legal and illegal ways of dealing with two independent clauses or complete sentences.
Spelling-We will continue to work on plurals. This week we will learn about making words that end with o plural. If the word ends with a consonant+o=add es, and if the word ends with a vowel +o=add s. For ex. hero=heroes, kangaroo=kangaroos.
Social Studies-We will research and create projects in class to teach others about Texas explorers. We will focus on Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and La Salle and will discuss the impact that these explorations had on Texas, its native people, and the world.
Dates to Remember:
Monday, Oct. 31- Wear Pajamas for Donation Drive Winning of week 4, Monthly Challenge Lunch, Flashlight Reading in the library, Service Club 2:50-3:50 in rm 512
Tuesday, Nov. 1-Walk/Bike to school day, PTA General Meeting 9am, Senior Choir Concert 6:30-7:15
Wednesday, Nov. 2-Senior Choir Concert-1:55-2:30
Thursday, Nov. 3-Report Cards go home
Friday, Nov. 4-Homework packets due,Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear green and purple.
Monday, Nov. 7- College Shirt Day, Writing Club 2:50-3:50 in library
Friday, Nov. 11-Veteran's Day Program at 9:00 for 3rd-5th. Homework packets due,Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn inReading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear green and purple.
Monday, Nov. 14-College Shirt Day, NO SERViCE CLUB TODAY
Friday, Nov. 18-Boogie O'Rama at 12:05, Homework packets due,Reading Response Letter due, Spelling test, Turn in Reading Logs as you finish them, FCE Spirit Day! Wear green and purple.
No school-Nov. 21-Nov. 25-Thanksgiving Break
Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Sincerely,
Pam
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