November 1-5

**Reading goal: 2 books by Nov. 8, 4 books by Dec. 16**

Reading:
Main Text: "The Night of the Pomegranate"
Reading Strategy: generate questions
Reading Skill: make inferences
Text Features: graphs
Vocabulary words: spicy, undone, vigil, ravaged, marveled, broadcast, unsatisfactory, calculations
TEST ON WEDNESDAY, NOV. 3--students will have a study guide

Language:
Focus: persuasive business letter
Homework: Students will have an adult read the first draft of the letter, make comments, and sign it on Wednesday or Thursday. We will be writing the final copy on Friday.
DLR TEST ON FRIDAY, NOV. 5

Spanish:
Presentations on Spanish-speaking countries all week.

October 25-29

**Reading goal: 2 books by Nov. 8, 4 books by Dec. 16.**
**Academic Pep Rally on Friday, Oct. 29**

Reading:
Main Text: "The Night of the Pomegranate"
Reading Strategy: generate questions
Reading Skill: make inferences
Text Features: graphs
Vocabulary Words: spicy, undone, vigil, ravaged, marveled, broadcast, unsatisfactory, calculations

Language:
Focus: singular and plural nouns
persuasive business letter
Homework: work not finished in class
DLR TEST ON FRIDAY, OCT. 29

Spanish: Presentations Tuesday and Wednesday

Oct. 18-22

**Fall Pictures--Oct. 20**
**Reading goal: 2 books by Nov. 8, 4 books by Dec. 16. Students will be bringing their Genre Bingo sheets home for parents to sign by Oct. 20.**

Reading:
Main Text: "How Tia Lola Came to Stay" (pgs. 132-145).
Reading Strategy: generate questions
Reading Skill: make inferences
Text Features: almanacs and charts
Vocabulary Words: inscribed, grouchy, resemblance, postmarked, enthralled, regulation, embarrassment, pennant
Homework: work not finished in class, study for test
READING TEST: FRIDAY, OCT. 22

Language:
Focus: common and proper nouns
persuasive business letter
Homework: work not finished in class
DLR TEST ON FRIDAY, OCT. 22

Spanish: Presentations on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
We will finish with telling time on Thursday and Friday.

October 11-15

**No School on Monday, Oct. 11 due to Statewide Parenting Day**

This week we will review Unit I reading and language skills (Tuesday) and then take the test on Thursday and Friday.
**Students will complete study guides on Tuesday during class. Any work not finished in class will be homework.

Students who completed the reading goal for this grading period (4 books) will be watching a movie in the library during class on Wednesday. Way to go!! Keep on reading!!

There will not be a daily DLR test this week.

Spanish: Students will begin presenting their Spanish-speaking country projects on Tuesday and Wednesday. I am really looking forward to the presentations!!
On Thursday and Friday, we will continue working on telling time in Spanish.

October 4-8

**Parenting Day on Monday, October 11 (No School).
Students will review for the Unit 1 reading/language test on Tuesday,
Oct. 12. They will take the Unit 1 test on Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 13, 14.
**There will be no daily DLR test next Friday, Oct. 15.

Reading:
Main Text: "Interrupted Journey" (pgs. 107-117)
Reading Strategy: Make inferences and analyze
Reading Skill: Main Idea and details
Vocabulary Words: speculated, conserve, analyzing, vital, propelled, sedated, dehydrated, embedded
TEST on Friday, Oct. 8

Language:
Focus: Run-on sentences and comma splice errors
Personal narrative
DLR TEST on Friday, Oct 8
Homework:
**Study for reading and DLR tests for Friday
Any work missed due to absences will be homework.
Spanish: TEST on Tuesday, Oct. 5 (days of the week, months of the year, seasons)
We will begin learning how to tell time in Spanish.
Students will sign up for presentation days to begin next week.