Reading - This week through shared and guided reading we will be working on story mapping, character comparison, and main idea.  Students will continue to build stamina in their independent reading by reading to self, reading to someone, and visiting the listening center during Daily 5 rotations.

Writing - This week we will work on finishing up the writing process for Writer's Workshop.

Students are also working on using commas in big numbers, in a series, and to set off a speaker's words.

Math - This week we are continuing to work on comparing numbers using great than, less than, and equal to. We will also be working on skip counting to 1,000 by 100's, 10's and 5's.

Inquiry - This week students will work on finishing their inquiry reports on local government.  

                                          Students work on Skeleton Alliterations.

                              We celebrated Halloween with yummy root beer floats.