This week we’ll be having Spirit Days Wed, Thurs, and Fri!

Wed: “Go Pro” (professional wear) Thurs: Superhero Day Fri: Blue & Gold Day

We’ll also be attending the all schools assembly at LPHS on Friday to celebrate Homecoming!

In language arts this week we’ll be starting morph spelling. Students will be learning the morphographs that make up words! This will be a year long activity happening almost every day. We will also be starting our first novel. Students will be reading in class and only bringing a book home if they get behind. However, they have the entire trimester to read their two books at their own pace so I am expecting most students to only be completing reading in class. They will be reading two of the following Jerry Spinelli books: Loser, Crash, Stargirl, or Maniac Magee. Also, look for Wednesday Homework! My homework is generally due on the Friday after it’s given. It will be something having to do with nouns or verbs depending on how far we get Monday & Tuesday! Students need to make sure they are doing a quality job on their homework, some may not be too happy with their grade in LA because of their homework score!

In social studies we will be starting our week with a comprehensive pre test of all the ancient civilizations we will be covering this year. We will be beginning with a study of early hunting and gathering tribes and moving into the stone age later in the week.

In Math Lab, we will be continuing to work on our basic skills such as identifying prime/composite numbers, factoring, and multiplying two digit numbers. Some websites that may be helpful for practicing those skills are: Fruit Shooter (Greatest common factor) Factor Trees (prime factorization) & Factor Dogs (factors, prime, composite)