• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 / **Remember library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed “I do not blame others for my wrong actions.”
• Fri: $1 Dress Down. Early Release 1:00
• UPCOMING: Thanksgiving Break is next week Nov. 23-27

Announcements:  

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do the earth’s forces affect us?“
• Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose
• We will be focusing on the spellings for long a: (a, ai, ay, ea, eigh, and ey) in our spelling words: nail, train, main, hay, stay, break, steak, weigh, sleigh, prey. Review: scrape, strange, good, often, two
• Our Vocabulary words are: amazing, force, measure, objects, proved, speed, true, weight.

• Math in Class
• We will be taking our test on subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping on Wed. 11/18. We will then begin our lessons on simple 1 step word problems.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Students are welcome to read their decodables from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 / **Remember library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed “I can’t control anyone else…but I can control MYSELF.”
• Fri: Early Release 1:00
• UPCOMING: Thanksgiving Break Nov. 23-27

Announcements:  We will begin building our dioramas in class on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Please send a box about the size of a shoe box with your child. Your child may also bring any supplies they would like to use to create their habitats for their animal.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What do we love about animals?“
• Comprehension Skill: Key details & Multiple Meaning Words
• We will be focusing on 3-letter blends (scr, spr, str, thr, spl, shr) in our spelling words: scratch, scrape, spring, throne, stripe, strange, shred, shrub, splash, split. Review: catch, sting, far, flower, until.
• Our Vocabulary words are: behave, flapping, express, feathers.

• Math in Class
• This Monday we will be taking our test on adding up to four 2-digit numbers ( 21 + 34 + 17 + 43). We will then begin our lesson on subtracting 2-digit numbers with and without regrouping.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

*Students are welcome to read their decodables from class. If they read it 3 times with you, please sign it and have them bring it back for class money. *
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 / **Please remind your student to bring their library books!!
• Thurs: Character Ed “I am in charge of how I feel, and today I am choosing happiness.”
• Fri: Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How are offspring like their parents?“
• We will be focusing on digraphs (wh, sh, th, ch, tch, and ng) in our spelling words: chop, catch, shape, trash, phone, that, sting, thin, bring, and while. Review: place, badge, seven, isn’t, and early.
• Our Vocabulary words are: giant, groom, mammal, offspring, adult, alive, covered, and fur.

• Math in Class
• We will be learning how to add up to four 2-digit numbers ( 21 + 34 + 17 + 43). We will test on Friday.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 / **Pickup Cookie Dough & Jerky**
• Wed: CODE 11:45-12:45
• Thurs: $1 Dress Down, Character Ed: 12-12:40
• Fri: Halloween parade and party. Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  Thank you so much for coming to parent teacher conference. I loved talking about your child and celebrating their growth. I can’t wait to see them achieve even more.

Fundraiser pickup times are as follows: Monday October 26th 11-12:30pm and 2-6pm. Please make sure to pickup all orders as we have no way of keeping them refrigerated. Prizes have been ordered and will be distributed as soon as we receive them.
POQA still has Little Caesars bread cards available for $10 If interested please contact Nicole Boucher at nboucher@questac.org Many thanks, POQA

Parade: The parade will be at 9:00, so please have your students wear their costumes to school. Watch from home: parents will be sent a link to a YouTube live streaming session. On-campus children: Parents are welcome to bring camping chairs or blankets and set them up along the outside of either building (the yellow dots indicate where families can sit). Everyone watching the parade on campus needs to be wearing a mask and should position themselves as close to the building as possible to allow our students to parade on the sidewalks surrounding the schools. Families should also allow six feet between them and neighboring families. **Costumes should be modest and without blood or gore. Also, face coverings must be worn throughout the entire day. Students are welcome to paint their faces and wear Halloween masks; however, those masks will only be worn when directed to do so by the classroom teacher (e.g. during the parade, when a class picture is taken, etc). Weapons and anything that depicts violence are not allowed on school property (knives, guns, swords, spears, etc.).

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What are features of different animal habitats?”
• We will be learning the soft c (ce, ci), and the soft g (dge, ge) sounds for our spelling: trace, place, badge, cage, space, ice, bulge, range, barge, mice. Review: mule, huge, out, wash
• Our Vocabulary words are: buried, escape, nature, habitat, journey, peeks, restless, spies

• Math in Class
• We have been working really hard on 3-digit addition with regrouping. We will take our test this week and review what we have already learned this year.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
  Mon: Library 11:45-12:15
  Tues: Virtual PTC
• Wed: Virtual PTC
• Fri: No School

Announcements:  Parent teacher conferences will be Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Wednesday, Oct. 21. Please see sign-ups on bloomz. They will be 15 minute virtual meetings. I will email the zoom link out again on the day of your conference.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “What can animal stories teach us?”
• We will be learning short ‘u’ and long ‘u’ (u_e) for our spelling: mule, fuse, plum, use, dug, cub, hum, huge, must, fun.  Review: rope, nose, look, yes, their
• Our Vocabulary words are: believe, delicious, feast, fond, lessons, remarkable, snatch, and stories.

• Math in Class
• We will continue learning how to use different strategies to solve 3-digit addition equations. We will take the test on Thursday.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
  Mon: Library 11:45-12:15
  Wed: Early Release 1:00, CODE 11:45-12:45
• Thursday & Friday: No School – Enjoy Fall Break
• Upcoming Dates: Parent Teacher Conferences via Zoom, Oct. 20-21. No School Friday, 10/23

Announcements:  Thank you so much for your support in the fundraiser. We really appreciate it. Parent teacher conferences will be Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Wednesday, Oct. 21. Please see sign-ups on bloomz. They will be 15 minute virtual meetings. I will email the zoom link.

Reading in Class

• We will be reviewing our long vowel and short vowel word patterns.

• Math in Class
• We will be starting 3-digit addition and learning the different strategies to solve.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
  Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 – (optional for e-learners)
  Tues: STEM 1:30-2:15 – (optional for e-learners, different ZOOM)
  Wed: CODE 11:45-12:45 – (optional for e-learners)
• Fri: Early Release 1:00
• Upcoming Dates: Wed. 10/14 – early release. 10/15-10/16 – Fall Break, No School

Announcements:  Fundraiser Information, Forms, and app

• 2020-Quest-Prizes
• Combo-Order-Form-PRINT-1
• Quest-App-Info
• App Video

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do animals survive?”
• We will be learning short ‘o’ and long ‘o’ (o_e) for our spelling: box, fox, dog, lock, pot, cone, home, nose, poke, rope. Review: side, line, have, off, took
• Our Vocabulary words are: adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh, sense, shadows, silence

• Math in Class
• We will continue comparing 3-digit numbers using the symbols: <, = , > . We should be taking our test on Friday.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
  Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 – (optional for e-learners)
  Tues: STEM 1:30-2:15 – (optional for e-learners, different ZOOM)
  Wed: CODE 11:45-12:45 – (optional for e-learners)
• Fri: Early Release 1:00

Announcements:  Fundraiser Information, Forms, and app

• 2020-Quest-Prizes
• Combo-Order-Form-PRINT-1
• Quest-App-Info
• App Video

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do families work together?”
• We will be learning short ‘i’ and long ‘i’ (i_e) for our spelling: did, fin, pick, line, pipe, tip, mix, five, side, hike
• Our Vocabulary words are: customers, tools, jobs, cost, checks, choose, spend, chores

• Math in Class
• We will continue to learn about place value up to 3 digits. Then we will be comparing 3-digit numbers using the symbols: <, = , >

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal. 

• This Week’s Happenings: 
  Mon: Library 11:45-12:15 – (optional for e-learners)
  Tues: Math Test. Food in Math. STEM 1:30-2:15 – (optional for e-learners)
  Wed: CODE 11:45-12:45 – (optional for e-learners)
• Fri: Early Release 1:00

Announcements: Parents, this week (Tues. 9/22) we will be having our first math lesson with food. The permission slip for this was signed at the beginning of the school year. We will be having graham crackers, pretzel sticks, and mini marshmallows. E-learners, you are welcome to purchase these items so your child can participate.

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do we care for animals?”
• We will be learning short ‘a’ and long ‘a’ (a_e) for our spelling, ie. bag, cap, ham, ate, bake, back, cape
• Our Vocabulary words are: allowed, care, excited, wandered, needs, wild, roam, safe

• Math in Class
• We will learning different strategies to add 2-digit numbers with regrouping and taking the test on Tuesday. We will then begin learning about place value up to 3 digits.

Reading Homework (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 
Please, please, please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.