Happy November! Please make sure that you wear appropriate warm-weather attire to school since our days are getting cooler and wetter. I even hear we may see a few snowflakes by the end of the week. If anyone needs assistance getting coats for the winter, please let me know because our school has some connections for this need. Also, make sure your field trip forms to the Arch are turned in by Thursday. Our trip will take place on November 30th. I am also excited to announce that our Halloween door won first place in the decorating contest. Our class has won 10 extra minutes of recess and a sweet treat!!

Here are some other upcoming dates to remember:

Monday: read 20 minutes
Tuesday: NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday: read 20 minutes
Thursday: read 20 minutes, field trip forms due
Friday: reading logs due for students who have them

ELA: This week we will continue our practice with -inge (hinge, binge, tinge, singe, fringe) and -inch (pinch, cinch, finch, flinch) sound pattern words. Our spelling test will be on Friday. We will also focus on cause and effect relationships, as well as identifying signal words that show a cause and effect. Check out the following practice pages:

1. Reading Raiders Cause and Effect Game
2. Cause and Effect Jeopardy
3. Cause and Effect practice quiz

Science:
This week we will focus on transfer of energy through collisions- where a moving object hits a still object and transfers some energy to make the still object begin moving. Check out these practice activities:

1. Collision Carts interactive
2. Energy Transfer through Collisions Video
3. Egg Drop Collision