Monday!

Hope you had a nice weekend! :)

FYI:
*Keep bringing in those UPC labels from Sunny D for free books for our classroom!
*Book Fair is this week! Doughnuts for Dads/Muffins for Moms is this Wednesday morning
*Homeroom: Science Test is THIS Friday
*Maldonado Math Test is THIS Wednesday
*Thursday is HIGH ATTENDANCE DAY. Please try to have your child here!
*NEW Book Logs are coming home today! If your child completed the reading MAP test today, their Lexile reading score is on the bottom. It is due Oct. 7th
{if you need to remember what Lexile means, go to the FAQ tab to the right of the blog - you can also access your child's lexile level of the book they are reading by going to this site: www.lexile.com }

*No Reading Class TODAY only due my homeroom taking the READING MAP test.

Science:
Today we learned about animal life cycles.  Students made their own life cycle activity on a butterfly and we learned about the 4 stages of life every plant and animal goes through.  Students also worked in pairs to read an article about different animal life cycles and answer comprehension questions about it.
HW: none
*We will be having our Unity and Diversity Science test on Friday. Students will receive their review guide on Wednesday.

Reading:
MAP test instead for my homeroom only

Math:
Today we continued learning about factors and learned about common factors, greatest common factors, and least common factors.  We also reviewed prime and composite while doing this! Mrs. Powell and I split the kids up into smaller groups to work on this skill and everyone seemed to understand this! We just STILL really need to work on memorizing multiplication facts!!!
HW: Common Factors worksheet - the first problem is one we did together in class so students will remember how to do this when they get home. Please sign.

Writing:
Ok, once again, we have to take a break from our personal narratives!! :( Ms. Borders has asked us to put those on hold to work solely on the PTA Reflections piece.  So, today we brainstormed about the theme (Diversity Means...) and read a couple of diversity themed books.  Then we put together an interview questionnaire that will help us create our poems!

We also had a little bit of time for DEAR.

Have a great night,