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November 1, 2013 Mrs. Brosman bbrosman@triton.k12.in.us www.mrsbrosman.weebly.com Phone: 574-342-2355 Math This week we covered patterns in tables and the relationships
between terms. Students learned the distributive property of multiplication and order of operations (PEMDAS). Next week we will be having extra math lessons on patterns and order of operations. These extra math lessons help us cover the new Common Core standards, but they are not tested on the topic test. Our topic test will be next Thursday. Extra credit will be offered on Wednesday.

Unit 3.1 The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine Schwas

CCSS Language 2.e.

Reading

Our story next week is The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine. It is a play about student inventors. We will be practicing the reading skills of sequencing and summarizing. Students will continue reading in their Holocaust-themed novels in their reading groups.

Grammar Next week we will be reviewing past, present, and future

tenses of verbs. We will also be taking our unit two grammar quiz.

Writing This week students finished writing their five paragraph

essays on the fictional character they would pick as their best friend. I introduced students to our next writing unit of persuasion. We will be spending next week learning about qualities of good persuasive writing. Students will then be assigned a debate topic and a side to write about.

Spelling- Our list focuses on schwa sounds. This will be a tough test.
The best way to prepare for this test is to practice, practice, practice. www.spellingcity.com/triton5

Social Studies We finished our chapter on early explorers. Stu-

dents will complete a study guide on Monday and we will spend next week reviewing for our test which will be next Friday.

Science-This week we played Space Jeopardy to review our solar system and we read about space explorers. We have taken our time reading and reviewing our lesson over the Solar System since there is so much information. Next week we will learn about the suns position.

1. jewel 2. kingdom 3. gasoline 4. factory 5. garage 6. tropical 7. pajamas 8. estimate 9. tomorrow 10.humidity 11. Chicago 12.bulletin 13. carnival 14.illustrate 15. elegant 16. census 17.terrific 18. celebrate 19. operate 20.celery

Challenge Words
Homework Hotline
*You must wait until after 5:00 p.m. to use this number.

1) Dial 342 2355.

Instructions

2) Wait until the answering machine says good evening. Then dial 527. 3) Listen to the message. You may want to write the assignments down on paper. Return to school with all your homework.

1. rehearsal 2. salamander 3. prominent 4. significant 5. parakeet

Note From the Teacher:

We had such a great time on our Flashlight Friday. Im sure your student has already told you all about it! Its great when we, as teachers, can create fun and memorable learning experiences for our students. Thank you to the parents who signed up and supplied us with our treats for our fall party. It was much appreciated. Today the new Book It calendar is coming home. Students must read 600 minutes within the month in order to qualify for the free pizza certificate. Encourage your child to read 20 minutes a day. Also coming home today is Novembers Scholastic book order. Orders will be due November 27. Remember, you can order online as well. Each time you order a book it earns you and the class a free book! Think of Christmas gifts. :)
Mrs. Brosman

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