The short school-week of Nov. 24-25

Math	Writing	Reading	Social Studies	Science	Miscellaneous
Unit 4: Multiplication with whole numbers and decimals Unit 3 test retake will be Monday in class	Writing: Finish up the opinion/ argument essay Due by Tuesday Nov.25 *see note below Spelling: No spelling packet/test this week	Story of the Week: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Skill: Fact and opinion Guided Reading projects –students will share them Monday 11-24 & Tuesday 11-25 in class *see info below	Topic: Wrap up European Explorers Begin study of the 13 Colonies	Mixtures and Solutions Wrap up	·      No school Wednesday, Thursday or Friday this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday

 *students may email me their completed argument dialogue by:

1.   email jcarttar@usd497.org  --and I'll print it for them

2.  print from home and bring to school

3.  create, save and share on share point (accessed through internal.usd497.org)

*Students may email their computer created Guided Reading projects to me, if they don't have a flash drive.  They can then share them this week from the class computer. 

        

For your November calendar:

November 2014
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3	4	5	6	7no school-reporting and recording	8
9	10	11 Veterans Day	12 Parent/teacher conferences 4-8 See Skyward for	13 Parent/teacher conferences 8AM-8PM Your conference time	14 No school due to parent/teacher Conferences	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26 No school Thanksgiving break Starts	27 Thanksgiving Day	28 No School Thanksgiving Break	29
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Our last full week of November...November 17-21

Math	Writing	Reading	Social Studies	Science	Miscellaneous
Unit 3: Multiplication and division with fractions continued Big Idea 1: Multiplication with fractions Big Idea 2: Multiplication links Big Idea 3: Division with fractions Review Tuesday, Test Wednesday	Writing: Continue the opinion/ argument essay—3 objectives: writing quotes in dialogue, synonyms for said and 2 sides of argument Spelling: Homonyms: words with same spelling but different meanings	Story of the Week: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Skill: Fact and opinion Finish We are the Ship Audio book Guided Reading projects picked today-due Monday 11-24 Present in class	Topic: More European Explorers Vikings, The Renaissance, And the Portuguese explore the African Coast	Mixtures and Solutions Wrap up	·      Students chose from a variety of Project-based learning projects ·      Time given in class each day to work on ·      Students will share these Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24&25 ·      Students leaving early for holiday need to turn in/share project before leaving

Looking ahead to the short week of November 10-12

Math	Writing	Reading	Social Studies	Science	Miscellaneous
Unit 3: Multiplication and division with fractions continued Big Idea 1: Multiplication with fractions Big Idea 2: Multiplication links Big Idea 3: Division with fractions	Writing: Beginning the researched- based argument essay Spelling: Trimester grammar review& Mini test over tough words from the first trimester	Story of the Week: Finish We are the Ship Audio book Skill: figurative language review subject verb agreement and irregular plurals from past lessons	Topic: More European Explorers	Mixtures and Solutions Wrap up Bill Nye's  Most Important  Inventions video	·      No school for kids:  Thursday &Friday, Nov. 13&14 due to conferences     *see Skyward or office to sign up for or be reminded of your conference time

Looking for some discovery opportunities to grow your brain?  See below:

Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky exhibit at the Nelson Atkins museum in Kansas City, MO

Visit their website for information about visiting this exhibition http://www.nelson-atkins.org

 For your November calendar:

November 2014
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2	3	4	5	6	7no school-reporting and recording	8
9	10	11 Veterans Day	12 Parent/teacher conferences 4-8 See Skyward for	13 Parent/teacher conferences 8AM-8PM Your conference time	14 No school due to parent/teacher Conferences	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26 No School Thanksgiving Break	27 No School Thanksgiving Day	28 No School Thanksgiving Break	29
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