Happy first day of Autumn!  I am looking forward to if finally feeling like autumn at some point this week!  We have individual pictures on Monday this week.  Also, Scholastic Book orders are due by Friday.  You can order online (see page on the right for details) or send in cash or checks made out to Scholastic Book Clubs.  Every book purchased helps us to grow our classroom library as they donate books based on the amount purchased.  This week’s learning goals are below:

Math- We are continuing to work with the concept of Volume this week and moving away from working with counting cubes and into using actual formulas (V=L*W*H or V=B*H)

Reading- This week we will be working with comparing and contrasting characters and how they react in certain situations.  We will be using Venn Diagrams to help us organize our thoughts.  Our story is about a class elections, so we will also be discussing what makes a good candidate.

Social Studies- We will be learning about Native Americans of the Plains region and reviewing for our first quiz covering lessons 1, 2, and 3 of chapter 2.

Writing/Grammar/Spelling- See the page on the right for this week’s spelling words.  In grammar and in in writing we will be working on creating descriptive complete sentences that include a subject and a predicate.