Halloween Party

Spelling

*Don't forget, the Spelling City website is accessible at home!  This is a website that creates games using the current spelling words.  www.spellingcity.com

Reading

Metacognitive awareness means that the reader is aware of his or her thinking during the reading of various types of text.  We have been discussing how to become better readers and comprehenders. One way to do this is to talk about various comprehension strategies and to practice those strategies.  There are 13 parts of metacognitive awareness.  Here are the parts we have discussed so far:

• Clarifying: What words or ideas don't I understand?
• Connecting: What does this remind me of? 

                     -text to self
                     -text to text
                     -text to world

• Deciding What is Important: What is important, based on my goals?

Math

Students have been exploring integers and the absolute value of integers.  Integers are a set of positive whole numbers and their opposites.  The distance of a number from zero on a number line is its absolute value. Students will review these concepts on Thursday (11/1) for a test on Friday (11/2).

Science

Ecosystems: Students learned about different environments where animals live and how they interact with their habitat to survive. We also discussed how animals adapt to their climate.

Spelling Words- Week of 10-29 to 11-2

cities
mummies
supplies
families
varied
centuries
colonies
applies
occupied
identified
enemies
activities
denied
allied
industries
qualified

Spelling Words

greenhouse
seahorse
fireworks
fun-loving
New Year
fairy tales
bedtime
cupboard
upright
teenager
thunderstorm
barefoot
mean-spirited
middle-aged
bodyguard
so-called

Spelling Words

boyfriend
girlfriend
mischief
pier
freight
foreign
receive
receiver
belief
relief
weighed
reins
fierce
heights
thieves
achieve