End of October

Good Morning Families,

As we enter into the last full week of October, please know this also means that the end of the first trimester is just two weeks away. Time is flying by and we are continuing at full speed!

Looking ahead...

• Wednesday, October 25th - 3-5 Mass @ Brophy Chapel
• Tuesday, October 31st - Halloween Party 
• Wednesday, November 1st - All Saints Day Mass at the Church
• Friday, November 3rd - End of Trimester 1

English Language Arts



There will be a cumulative grammar test on Tuesday, October 24th. The skills on the test include: complete sentences, run-on sentences, fragments, common and proper nouns, basic punctuation, and verbs.

There will be a spelling test on Thursday, October 26th.

There will NOT be a reading test this week. All work on the skill of understanding characters will be done in class.

Social Studies



The 50 states quiz will be on Tuesday, October 31st. Students will need to accurately locate and correctly spell each state. 

This week, students will be presenting their State in a Bag projects.


Math

The students will solve multi-step word problems modeled with tape diagrams. They will use rounding to check to see if their answer seems reasonable.

Science

We will begin work on a Cotton Unit.

Religion

Students will be learning and praying the Act of Love. They will be assessed on this prayer on Friday, October 27th.

We will begin to prepare for our service project by showing love through our willingness to serve others, especially those who are in need.