What's Happening in Room 34......

Things You Should Know....

• We had a wonderful field trip to Cahokia Mounds on Friday!  Please check out our pictures from the day.

•  The students will have ALEKS homework this week!  They will need to complete at least 3 topics on their pie by Friday.  They will be given the form to complete as they finished the topics on Monday.

• A Crestwood fundraiser for Texas Roadhouse gift cards was sent home on Thursday.  If you are interested in participating, all order forms are due on Friday, November 17th.  The gift cards make great holiday gifts!  We are also having a Dine to Donate at Texas Roadhouse on Monday!

• We will be celebrating Veteran's Day on Friday with a school-wide assembly at 2:00.  If you have a Veteran in your family, we would love to have him/her join us to honor his/her service.  A form was sent home on Friday to complete and return.

Dates to Remember..... 
Monday:  Students will be taking the Galileo reading assessment 
                Texas Roadhouse Dine to Donate 

Wednesday: Early Release at 1:40
                    Flyer Families
                    PTO Meeting at 6:30 in the Library

Friday: Veteran's Day Assembly at 2:00
             BINGO Night at Crestwood - 6:30 - 8:30

What's Going on in Our Classroom....
Reader's Workshop:

• The students will continue to discuss our class read aloud, Wonder, to prepare them for book clubs that will begin next week.  The students will be given a choice of 5 books to read in a book club this week.  They will be assigned pages to read and tasks to complete in their reading notebook.  You may see these books coming home to read starting next week.
• The students will read short articles about the three types of rocks and use a strategy called FUN (find, underline and number) to accurately answer questions from their reading.

Writer's Workshop:

• The students will write a 4th Grade Memory about our field trip on Friday.  They will construct a well-developed paragraph as they reflect on their favorite parts of the day.
• We will begin discussing the components of an essay as the students begin brainstorming ideas for their persuasive thesis statement.

Math:

• The students will review multiplication on Monday and will be tested over the material on Tuesday.  They will begin division this week as they practice dividing with a basic fact and zeros.  Mastering their multiplication facts is a vital component in mastering multiplication and division.  

• The students will be assigned to complete at least 3 topics on ALEKS at home!

Science:

• The students will review rocks and minerals on Monday and Tuesday and will be tested over the material on Wednesday.  We are working on learning good study habits, and I am strongly encouraging students to study more than one evening for a test at home.  We have been talking about different study strategies and habits to help them be successful on tests.