What's Happening in Room 30.........

Important Announcements:

• The students explored a new website this week, Capstone Library.  Students are able to read a variety of high interest texts and even have the text read to them.  They have access to this reading website through their personal devices and home and school computers. The user name is: crestwoodes and the password is: school  .

• Crestwood will be celebrating Veterans Day on Wednesday during a school-wide assembly at 2:00.  

• The students will be given homework on ALEKS this week.  ALEKS is a web-based program  that uses interactive assessments to accurately determine exactly what a student knows and areas for growth. The students currently use ALEKS during math stations. They will be responsible for completing 3 topics this week at home. The students will be given the homework form on Monday and will be responsible for logging their learned topics and return the form by Friday. It is important that the students complete the tasks independently because the topics are introduced according to their assessments and growth. The students have their log-in information in their expandable.

Word of the Week: innovate (from Scholastic Storyworks)  to make changes in something by introducing new methods or ideas

Dates to Remember: 

Monday:  Chess Club

Wednesday:  Math Test - Chapter 4
                       Veterans Day Assembly at 2:00

Thursday:  Choir at 8:00

Friday:  Jingles for Jammies - Support a Family
               Dance - A - Rama 6:30 - 8:00
           
What's Happening in Our Room.... 

Reading Workshop:

• The students will read a debate and an informational text in Storyworks this week.  They will use details from the text to support the main idea. 

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will be introduced our next writing unit, ESSAYS!  They will learn the characteristics of a 5 paragraph essay and begin learning the structure of an essay using a graphic organizer, box and bullets.

Math:

• The students will review chapter 4 on Tuesday and will be tested on Wednesday.  Please make sure your child is practicing his/her multiplication facts at home!  The students will be tested over them on Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.  

Science:

• The students will learn about the properties of minerals, how rocks are classified and the three types of rocks this week.