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October 25-29

Tuesday is Bistown! Students must be on time because we will leave at 9:00a.m. Parent volunteers should have received 2 notes including detailed information about where to go and what they will be doing. They must be at the child's museum by 8:30a.m.

Halloween: The Halloween parade will begin at 9:00a.m. Parents are welcome to come and watch. Our Halloween party is from 11:15-12:20p.m. Remember that it is a short day. Students will be excused at 1:55p.m.

Math: We are focusing on division this week. Something that helps students remember the steps to division is the acronym Does McDonalds Sell Cheese Burgers (1. Divide, 2. Multiply, Subtract, Check, and Bring down the next number)? If they get stuck doing a division problem at home, remind them of this.

We are learning 2 different ways to do long division. Below is another way. Your children can solve their division problems any way they want. The problem below is 137/3. Students can choose any number of times they think 3 will go into 137. In the example below the child thought 3 would go at least 30 times so they wrote 30 to the side and multiplied 3x30 and then subtracted. They then decided that 3 could go into 47 at least 10 times. So they wrote 10 to the side, multiplied 10x3 and subtracted 30 from 47. Finally they knew 3 could go into 17 5 times, so they wrote 5 to the side, multiplied 5x3 and got a remainder 2.

_____ 3

137 30

- 90

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47 10

-30

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17 5

-15

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2

Add up all the numbers off to the side: 30 + 10 + 5 = 45 then add the remainder at the bottom which is 2. So the answer is 45r2. If your child is having a hard time solving division problems the basic way, try teaching them the way I described above.

Writing: Students are writing persuasive papers about Frankenstein and Halloween poems.

Reading: We are working on summarizing short stories. Weekly reading minutes are always due on Tuesday. Students must write the number of minutes they read each day and total the minutes for the week. Parents must sign each week.

Spelling/Vocabulary: There will be no spelling this week, but there will be a vocabulary test on some Social Studies words that we are learning about right now. The vocabulary words and definitions are:

1. port: harbor

2. anchor: a metal piece that holds a ship

3. continent: a large body of land

4. uncharted: not recorded on a map

5. lances: sharp spears

6. explorer: one who investigates new lands

7. hostile: unfriendly

8. native: one who lives in a place

9. respect: admiration

10. coast: land near a shore

11: to make loud cries

12: previous: earlier; going before

There will be a vocabulary test this Thursday!

Remember there is no school this Friday!

Also, please schedule an appointment online for parent/teacher conference.

To do this go to http://granite/canyondistrict.org. Choose Granite Elementary from the drop down menu and click GO. The password for our school is Grizzlies.

Parent Teacher Conferences are November 3rd and 4th. If you have any questions please contact the office.

October 19-23

This week is Red Ribbon Week!

Tuesday: Wear red

Wednesday: Crazy socks

Thursday: Backward shirts

Friday: Crazy hair

Class shirt money is due Wednesday!

Permission slips to go to Biztown are due Friday!

Also, if you have signed up to volunteer for Biztown October 26th, a note will be coming home explaining what you must do on Tuesday.

Math: We are finishing multiplication of decimals and beginning division. Students will have homework Tuesday-Thursday.

Spelling: Students are focusing on the short i sound. There packet is due Friday and they will take the final test then. Study tips can be found on the side bar. Spelling words are: wrist, guitar, expect, chimney, riddle, bridge, guilty, enough, since, disease, except, equipment, built, quit, quickly, relax, review, different, discuss, and divide.

Writing: We are working on our monster descriptions and persuasive format.

Language: We will be focusing on subject and object pronouns and subject agreement.

Social Studies: This week we will cover: New France and Jamestown.

Short Week Oct 11-13

We only have class Monday through Wednesday. Wednesday is a short day so the students will be dismissed at 1:55p.m. Students will return to school on Tuesday October 19th. That week will be Spirit Week and on Tuesday students wear red to show their school pride.

Math: Students will have math homework Monday and Tuesday of this week. We are working on 3 digit by 2 digit multiplication. After the break we will move onto division. Make sure that your child knows their multiplication facts. You can buy multiplication cards at the dollar store or make them to practice with.

Writing: We are finishing our Haunted House for Sale persuasive papers and monster descriptions.

Reading/Language: We are focusing on supporting details and subject pronouns. Students are now recording their reading minutes in a folder. Instead of writing the number of days read, students need to write the total number of minutes read each day and the total for the week. Each Friday students will bring this folder home for you to sign. Weekly reading minutes are due every Tuesday.

Social Studies: We will be talking about Roanoke Island, New France, and Jamestown.

Biztown: Students received their jobs on Monday. They received a parent volunteer note and lunch count paper. If you want to volunteer, please read, sign, and return the blue paper as soon as possible.

October 4-8

Smile: Picture day is this Tuesday October 5 so look your best! Everyone must have their picture taken.

Math Morning is Wednesday October 6 from 7:45-8:45a.m. Come and get many different ideas and materials that will help you make math fun at home!

Math: We just finished our first math unit. I was very impressed with how well each student did on the test. This week we are starting a new unit on multiplication and division. The best way for students to succeed is to know their multiplication facts. If they have not mastered them yet, they can buy flash cards at the dollar store or make their own and run through them often. This week and next we will focus on multiplication and then move onto division the following weeks.

Writing: We are starting our monster stories and will continue working on vivid details in persuasive essays.

Reading: We are starting a new reading program at our school. Students will receive a folder on Monday where they will record their reading minutes every day. If they read 100 minutes each week they will receive 1 ticket to put into the drawing for a bike. If they read over 140 minutes they will receive 2 tickets. Each week you need to initial that they read the amount indicated on the folder.

Social Studies: We will be talking about Hernando Cortes, John Cabot, Jaques Cartier, Henry Hudson, The Northwest Passage, and Francis Drake.

Spelling: Students will receive a spelling packet on Monday that is due Friday. The spelling test will also be Friday. The spelling words for this week are: greet, pizza, weak, breathe, freeze, piano, speech, asleep, increase, peace, ski, defeat, reason, needle, steep, sheet, wheat, agree, degree, and beneath. Students do not have to do Writing to the Point or Challenge Yourself. These two parts are extra credit. Check the side bar for fun ideas on how to study your spelling words at home.