Reminders

• Students can bring 1 healthy snack to school each day that can be eaten in about 5 minutes.
• Teachers use Talking Points to message parents. Please check your Talking Points daily.
• Students need to read for 15-20 minutes each night at home and talk about what they read.
• This month, we will be completing the Bullying Prevention Unit during our SecondStep lessons

Important Dates

• Tuesday, November 8 - No school, Student Holiday, Election Day
• Wednesday, November 9 - Family Markey
• Friday, November 11 -  No school, Student Holiday, Veterans Day
• Wednesday, November 23rd - Friday, November 25th -  No school, Student Holiday, Thanksgiving Break

Language Arts

What we learned this month:

• This month, students focused on character traits and made inferences based on what the characters said, did, and thought.
• Students finished writing their Personal Essays and should be very proud of their hard work!
• We also started our nonfiction unit.
• Students began to identify nonfiction text structures such as Main Idea and Details, Cause and Effect, and Compare and Contrast.

What will be learning next month:

• Next up, students will be writing their very own nonfiction Feature Articles!
• They have chosen their topics and are excited to begin writing!

Math

What we learned this month:

• The students worked very hard on adding and subtracting large numbers and reading match story problems.
• After that, they worked on their fraction knowledge by ordering fractions, finding equivalent fractions, and using fractions to show fair share.

What we will be learning next month:

• Next up, the students will be working on multiplication and division.
• ALL STUDENTS should spend about 10 minutes each night working on their multiplication facts.

Advanced Math

What we learned this month:

• This month, students dove into our first decimals unit!
• They explored decimal and fraction equivalencies, learned to order and compare fractions and decimals, and tackled many fun math tasks with their partners!

What we will be learning next month:

• Coming up, students will be working on whole number computation.
• Students will use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve multi-step word problems.

Science

Our first science unit was all about ecosystems! 

• Students learned about Virginia's natural resources and how humans rely on those resources
• Students had fun creating a model of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to help learn about the importance of maintaining a clean watershed
• Finally, students explored the importance of plants and animals to our ecosystem

Social Studies 

Students completed their first unit on Virginia's geography * Virginia's Native People. 

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