Mrs. Napolitano's News
10-02-07

READING
This week we are still in our India Unit. The students will be reading out of our India book, and practicing note-taking skills. We are also watching a video on India and the students will be required to write a page about what they saw in the video due October 3rd . This is preparation for a bigger writing assignment to come and a lot of fun activities along the way. Including word finds, recipes to try, and creating your own jeweled elephant. We will also start using Inspiration on the computers to create “maps” about each chapter in the book.

LANGUAGE ARTS
This week we will work on writing singular possessive nouns correctly. We also will work on writing plural possessive nouns correctly. Finally we will replace weak nouns with exact nouns. Our Noun test will be Thursday, October 11th.

SOCIAL STUDIES
This week we will learn that by 1733 the English had established 13 colonies along the east coast
of North America. These colonies can be divided into three regions. Tomorrow your child will
receive a Thirteen Colonies Project. They will have two days to work on it at school and it will be
due Wednesday, October 10th. Chapter 5 test will be Friday, October 12th. Students should begin reviewing their notes each night.

SCIENCE
This week we will investigate the structure of the heart and its role in pumping blood through your body. Ask your child what happened with their resting and walking pulse rate.

MATH (Mrs. Napolitano's Class Only)
This week we will continue to work on adding and subtracting of decimals. Chapter 2 test will be Friday, October 5th. Our next chapter will be on Using Data and Statistics.

IMPORTANT DATES
10/5 Movie Night 6:30 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
10/8 No School- Columbus Day
10/13 Market Day Pick Up
10/17 Early Dismissal 11:00
10/18 Book Fair 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.