Reminders:
- October 20 - Sock Hop, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
- October 22-26 - Red Ribbon Week
- October 21-27 - FYI - Read Aloud to a Child Week- we would love to have parent readers!
- October 28 - Trunk or Treat, 2:00-4:00 p.m. (details coming soon)
- October 29th- Field Trip- Capitol Building- be sure forms are in!
- October 30th- report cards go home
- October 31st- Halloween- no costumes, toys, candy at school
Academics-
Reading-
Next week we will have a DCA over the topics
covered in reading during the first nine weeks.
We will be starting poetry on Tuesday. We will be
starting with looking at poetry vocabulary,
figurative language and sensory language.
This unit will go on for 3 weeks.
Writing-
In writing we will be completing an on demand writing first on Monday.
This is the writing were they show us what they can do in an hour
without lessons. So far we have gone through
two expository papers with guidance the whole way.
Now they will do it on their own.
Then on Tuesday we will be starting poetry.
We will start with writing sensory and
figurative language in short pieces before moving
into full poems next week.
Social Studies-
This will be our last week on Texas Missions and the Spanish mission system
before moving on to "Colonizing Texas." We will
be talking about how Texas moved from Spanish rule to becoming
part of the independent country of Mexico. We will then go into how the first
Americans were allowed to move to
Texas after agreeing to be Mexican citizens and set-up colonies.
Writing Homework- Ungraded practice.
1. Write a paragraph (or more) from the point of view of
a either a conquistador (like Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, Cortez, etc.)
or a Native American (like the Karankawa tribe who lived on the coast).
What did each group think when they saw each other for the first time?
Remember to tell me what point of view you are writing from!
a either a conquistador (like Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, Cortez, etc.)
or a Native American (like the Karankawa tribe who lived on the coast).
What did each group think when they saw each other for the first time?
Remember to tell me what point of view you are writing from!
2. Use ten of your spelling words in a story!
(bonus: use ALL of your spelling words in a story!)
(bonus: use ALL of your spelling words in a story!)
3. What are some advantages of having a four day school week?
What are some disadvantages?
What are some disadvantages?
