Week of 10/6

Another busy week is ahead of us. We have an exciting week with the VA Air and Space Museum coming to CAES on Wednesday with their "Living Planet" program. 

Then we go to the Mariners' Museum on Friday!! Remember that permission and money are due by Tuesday. Also, please have your child wear red, if possible, on Friday. 

Here's everything else that we'll be working on this week:

Language Arts:

Story: Allie's Basketball Dream

Phonics: Long i, long u

Strategy: Compare and contrast settings, characters and events

Skills: Cause and effect, sequencing, suffixes

Grammar: Complete and varied sentences/nouns and verbs (continued/ongoing)

Writing: Descriptive writing (continued)

Math:

We are moving on to 4-digit addition (quiz Tues.), then will be reviewing subtraction with regrouping (SOL 3.4). Subtraction across zeros is tricky for many students. Careful computation and checking are critical - lots of practice will benefit your child! There will be a subtraction quiz on Friday. IXL is a great resource for math practice and this can be done at home!

Science: (with Mrs. King)

Food chains are the focus this week! Be sure students review their IN notes nightly! Stay tuned to the agenda for upcoming quizzes/tests and/or check out Mrs. King's blog for further info:

http://jkingscorner.blogspot.com/

Social Studies:

We are continuing our maps unit (SOL 3.5). Students will have to know the name, location, and physical shape of all seven continents. They will also be able to identify the five oceans and use the equator and prime meridian to identify all four hemispheres. This week we'll focus on using a grid system for finding specific locations on a map. 

We'll also be able to identify Spain, England, and France (3.5c) and Ancient Greece, Rome, and Mali (3.4a). We'll study these places more in depth later this year, but for now, students just have to know the where to find these places on a map. 

There will be a geography test next week, so keep studying those continents and oceans! :)

Important dates/reminders:

• Fall Fundraiser is underway - let's get 100% class participation! =)
• Boxtops collection is also underway - keep sending them in! THANK YOU for supporting CAES!
• Remember that Fridays are spirit days at CAES, so students can wear our school colors - red/black/white
• Field trip to Mariners' Museum is this Friday, 10/10. 
• Fall Picture Make-ups are next Tues. 10/14 - orders are also due by 10/14. 
• Wednesday 10/15 - 1:00 dismissal