3-R’s Monthly NEWS
November 2016
Important
Reminders:
November
2nd WEAR RED
for Caring
Dear Parents and Guardians…
Happy November! Here are a few updates and some upcoming news…
THANK YOU to all the parent volunteers that helped make our Halloween
party a success and for all the Boosterthon Pledges!!
6th Dismissal at
1:45
Moby Max should be done at least 2 times a week! Usernames and
passwords were already sent home.
11th Veterans
Day (Wear Red,
White, and Blue)
Assembly at 9:15
WRITING: Much of first quarter is “review.” During second quarter, the
material really starts to become more challenging. Second quarter involves
A LOT of essay writing. The students will be required to write 5 paragraph
essays with great elaboration and detail.
23rd-25th NO
SCHOOL
(Thanksgiving
Break)
There are a few items that are still needed in the classroom. If you are
able to donate any of these items, we would greatly appreciate it!!!!
 Small treasure box items
**Test Dates
will be in your
child’s planner!
** Sign your
child’s planner
every
night…check for
any notes from
me!
Our Class is registered on Adopt-a-Classroom!! You can learn more about
the Adopt-A-Classroom program by visiting its website at
www.adoptaclassroom.org/
 Top right corner click on “find and fund a classroom”
 Enter in the required info: Natasha, Rudnick, Homestead, Aurora, Illinois
 Click “search”
 Scroll down and click on “Natasha Rudnick’s Classroom”
This is a great opportunity to get involved. As we all know, children learn best
when the community works together toward helping students reach their highest
potential. Thanks so much for all your support!
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Math: ***Multiplication Facts should be practiced daily!!!
Chapter 5: Understand Division
o Lesson 1-Hands on Model Division
o Lesson 2-Division as Equal Sharing
o Lesson 3-Relate Division to Subtraction
o Lesson 4-Hands On: Relate Division to Multiplication
o Lesson 5-Inverse Operations
o Lesson 6- Problem-Solving Investigation: Use Models
o Review ad Test
–Please Keep Reading
Math:
Chapter 6: Multiplication and Division Patterns
o Lesson 1-Patterns in the Multiplication Table
o Lesson 2-Multiply by 2
o Lesson 3-Divide by 2
o Lesson 4-Multply by 5
o Lesson 5-Divide by 5
o Lesson 6-Problem-Solving Investigation: Look for a Pattern
o Lesson 7-Multply by 10
o Lesson 8-Multiples of 10
o Lesson 9-Divide by 10
o Review ad Test
Chapter 7: Multiplication and Division
o Lesson 1- Multiply by 3
o Lesson 2- Divide by 3
o Lesson 3-Hands On: Double a Known Fact
o Lesson 4-Multply by 4
o Lesson 5-Divide by 4
o Lesson 6-Problem-Solving Investigation: Extra or Missing Information
o Lesson 7-Multply by 0 and 1
o Lesson 8-Divide with 0 and 1
o Review ad Test
**Timed Multiplication tests will START in December…Schedule will be sent home soon!
Reading:
 End of Unit 1 Assessment (after lessons 1-18 and PBA)
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Unit 2 Module A: Connecting Characters, Culture, and Community (Lessons 1-18)
Readers understand that asking and answering questions using text-based evidence can help
them better comprehend text.
o Determine Main Ideas and Details
o Identify Supporting Details and Main Ideas
o Analyze How Characters Affect Sequence
o Analyze the Central Message of a Story
o Analyze a Character’s Actions
o Convey Central Messages Through Key Details
o Explain How Illustrations Convey Mood
o Identify Central Message and Key Details
o Describe How Characters Affect Sequence of Events
o Identify Differences Between Spoken and Written Standard English
o Explain How Characters Affect Sequence
o Compare Main Ideas and Central Messages
o Use Illustrations to Understand Text
o Find a Text’s Central Message Through Details
o Describe Characters’ Actions, Traits, Motivations, and Feelings
o Compare and Contrast Key Details
o Compare and Contrast Characters
Writing/Language:
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Squiggle Journals
Elaboration (describing colors)
Types of Sentences
Unit 1 Module B Performance Based Assessment: (PBA)
o This is the expectation at the end of this unit for your student. This task will continue to be
discussed and students will be practicing skills to prepare for this final assessment at the end of
the unit.
o Students are expected to write a magazine article about something in the natural world in which
they are interested in.
–Please Keep Reading
Writing/Language:
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Unit 2 Module A: Connecting Characters, Culture, and Community (Lessons 1-18)
Writers understand that dialogue and characters’ actions help develop the events in a story.
Narrative Writing
 Take notes on details
 Write a story idea
 Write a paragraph that establishes a situation
 Write a character sketch
 Write an event sequence
 Write events using temporal words and phrases
 Write dialogue to develop experiences
 Write dialogue to show character responses
 Write descriptions to develop experiences
 Write an ending that provides closure
 Write a narrative paragraph
 Plan and prewrite a narrative story
 Revise and edit
 Publish and present a narrative
Unit 2 Module A Performance Based Assessment: (PBA)
o This is the expectation at the end of this unit for your student. This task will continue to be
discussed and students will be practicing skills to prepare for this final assessment at the end of the
unit.
o Students will use what they have learned about narrative writing to write what might occur after the
end of The Year of Miss Agnes.
 Introduce the narrator and characters.
 Include a clear sequence of events.
 Use temporal words and phrases to signal the order of events.
 Use dialogue and character actions to impact the events.
 Provide a conclusion.
Social Studies:
 Chapter 1: Illinois’s Land and Early People
 1.1 Land and Water (Geography)
 1.2 Early People (History)
 1.3 The Illinois (History)
 Chapter 1 Study Guide and Test—TBA once lessons are completed
 Chapter 2-Exploring Illinois
 Lesson 2.1-Early Exploration
 Lesson 2.2-The French and British in Illinois
 *Chapter 2 Study Guide and Test—TBA once lessons are completed
 Chapter 5: Illinois Becomes a State
o Lesson 1: Statehood
o Lesson 2: Western Expansion
o Research projects (More information to come)
o Chapter 5 Study Guide and Test—TBA once lessons are completed
 Chapter 8: Government of the People
o Lesson 1: United States Government
o Lesson 2: State and Local Government
o Watch “How a Bill Becomes a Law”
o Lesson 3: Your Role in Government
o Chapter 8 Study Guide and Test—TBA once lessons are completed
Have a WONDERFUL NOVEMBER!!
HAPPY THANGSGIVING!
-Please Keep Reading