RELIGION
*Celebrate our patron saint, St. Francis of Assisi
*View a video of St. Francis's life
*Complete a brochure to record new learnings
*Create St. Francis cinquain poems for hallway bulletin board
*Rosary Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. in the church
MATH
*Unit Two
*Basic Facts Strategies Lessons:
-Doubles +/- one and two
-Fact Families
*Explorations Day (explore new concepts with work stations)
*Begin Time Tests ~ weekly practice
-Goal is solve a given fact within three seconds
-Students will work at their own developmental pace
-More information to come at conferences
DAILY 5
*Mini-Lesson: Adjectives Week #2 and Opinion Writing
*Daily 5 routines
*Guided Reading groups
SOCIAL STUDIES
*Communities Unit
*Big Questions: What is a community?
What are the responsibilities of being part of a community?
What are rules and laws?
How do they keep us safe?
*Guest Speaker to visit about laws and safety: Officer Brent Kock
*Assessment this week
WRITING
*Write about a friend
*Halloween adjectives project: "Who's Under the Mask?"
*Practice handwriting, spelling, capital letters and ending punctuation
