Reading- Our focus for this week will be key ideas and details. We will read a variety of passages and focus on describing the characters in a story and explaining how their actions contribute to the plot (narrative). We the informative pieces will also focus on describing the relationship between ideas (sequence, cause/effect, ect.).

Writing- For this week our writing focus will be Literary Analysis. The students will focus on writing a quality response using our literary analysis rubric. Throughout the week we will practice together as a class, and at the end of the week your student will write one on their own.

Math- The unit 2 study guide was sent home yesterday (November 1). On Monday we will review the study guide in preparation for the unit 2 test on Tuesday. For the rest of the week our focus will be polygons. We will work on regular or irregular polygons and naming various polygons (particularly the quadrilaterals).

Social studies- Monday-Wednesday we will continue learning about various Native American tribes.

Science- On Friday will begin our next unit in science (Forces and Motion). We will start by leaning about Magnetism. Our large quarter 2 writing piece will be a report on magnets, so the information we learn in science will be extremely helpful!

Reminders
November 5th: Art Order forms are Due
November 6th: Unit 2 math test
November 9th: weekly math quiz