A long weekend is a head

Good Morning Families,

We hope you each had a restful weekend! We truly have enjoyed the conversations thus far during Parent-Teacher Conferences. We continue conferences this week and look forward to seeing the rest of you. We are beyond grateful for your time, support, and partnership as we walk this journey together in educating your children.

Since it is conference week, we have two half days with dismissal being at 1:15 pm on Wednesday, October 12th and Thursday, October 13th. No lunch will be provided these two days, so please make sure to make your child a hearty snack. There is no school Friday, October 14th as teachers will be attending Educator Day and no school Monday, October 17th. Enjoy the extra long weekend and cooler weather!

English Language Arts

We will continue working on the following grammar skills:
- verbs
-quotation marks
-complete sentences vs. fragments
-common and proper nouns

We will continue with our story from lesson 6. THE TEST HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH 

Students will finish their tall tale.

Social Studies 

For the next two weeks, students need to reviewing the states and capitals. The test is Friday, October 21st.

Students will receive their 50 states quiz score this week, and those who did not pass with a 80% or better will need to stay after school to retake it until they pass it. Their original score will stand as is though.

We will begin reading from our Arizona Studies Weekly Newspaper that talks all about Arizona's History.

Math

The students will solve 2 step word problems using the subtraction algorithm with tape diagrams. They will also use rounding to assess reasonableness of the answer.

Science

We are learning about the Plant Kingdom.
- How do we classify plants?
- What is photosynthesis?
- How do we use plants?

Religion 

We will be learning about the liturgical calendar and discussing ordinary time. With the theme of our week being temptation,, we will discuss forming a good conscience. We will also be tested on the Act of Hope on Wednesday, October 12th.