Week of 9/29/08 - 10/3/08

Highlights for the Week of 9/29/08 - 10/3/08 in Mrs. Bell’s Classroom

Mrs. Bell’s Reading Class

Spelling - Lesson 5 - "Prefixes & Root Words"The final test will be on Friday, 10/3. Words to Know this week are cannot-clothes, and the vocabulary word is astute. Contract work is due on 10/3.

Reading - Summarizing

We will discuss how sequencing is important to summarization. Students will independently complete an assessment on summarizing on Tuesday. We will begin our study of the novel, The Wishgiver at the end of the week. We will continue to practice our summarizing skills while reading this book together.

Language Arts - Capitalization & Punctuation

Proper nouns & adjectives and the use of commas will be our focus this week.

Mrs. Bell’s Math Class

We will be finishing chapter 2 with a look at multiplication and division equations. The chapter 2 TEST is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, 10/2.

Mrs. Bell’s Homeroom Class

Social Studies

We will be moving on to lesson 3 of chapter 5 by studying the first colonies. The topics covered will include the Pilgrims and the Puritans. Students will also be comparing and contrasting the different colonies that we have studied.

Science

We will be finishing the introductory unit, "Getting Ready for Science". The TEST will be on Wednesday, 10/1.

FYI…

Permission slips for the field trip to see the stage production of "The Legend of Pocahontas" are due ASAP.

Mrs. Karen Bell