Mrs.

Rusch’s
Class News to the Point
November 1, 2019
Vocabulary Upcoming
Happy Halloween Week! This week Preview Events
Jack’s mom was our Mystery Reader
Tremble Monday 11/4:
and read a Halloween themed book Spelling Quiz
called In a Dark, Dark Room. Then Hazy
Division Quiz
Claire had her talent show today and Insecure
Constantly Friday 11/8:
shared her running stories with us! Vocabulary Quiz
Practical
Multiplication/Division Word
Problem Quiz

This Week’s Focus Reminders

•  Math: Chapter 3: Long Division: We spent time this week focusing on
learning long-division! One of our favorite ways to learn about it was •  Next week we have 4
through the long-division song (found on my website). Please practice this quizzes! Students should be
weekend so that students are ready for the quiz! studying nightly!

•  Reading: Nonfiction Unit: We learned about compare and contrast text •  Report Cards will be sent
structures in nonfiction books and added to our text structure flipbook! home on Friday November 15
•  Writing: Personal Narratives: We wrote about a time when we learned
•  Pennies for Patients has
something the hard way! Next week we will work revising and editing the
personal narrative we chose to focus on! begun! Please help our class
and school reach our goals
•  Grammar: Spelling: We continued to practice our spelling words each day and raise money to fight
this week and will be taking the quiz on Monday! News words will be given cancer!
out after the quiz.
•  As the weather gets colder,
•  Science: Economics: As a class, we completed a Nearpod on Goods and please send hats, gloves,
Services and then read an excerpt from the social studies book on Cotton scarves, and warm coats to
Mill girls in the Northeast region during the 1800s!
school with your children

Preview of Next Week: Social
Math Reading Writing Grammar Studies
Nonfiction Unit:
Multiplication Revising and Southeast
Problem and Singular and
and Division Solution and Cause Editing Region of
Plural Noun
Word Problems and Effect Text Personal the United
Review
Structures Narratives States