A Look at Our Week!

ELA
This week in ELA students will complete their study of nouns. A short quiz on nouns will be given on Thursday.  The reading skills for the week are making inferences and predictions.  Students will use evidence from photos, context clues, text and prior knowledge to make inferences and predictions about literature.

Social Studies
Our next topic of study in social studies is the Industrial Revolution. This week we will discuss inventions and inventors from the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Students will discuss the impact each invention has on present day technology.  Students will create advertisements for some of the inventions we discuss in class.  

AVID
For the next few weeks we will continue to chart examples of WICOR (Writing to learn, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading to learn) in our daily lessons.  We want our students to apply what they learn in class. 

Veterans Day

We would like to invite the veterans in your family to join us for a special Veteran's Day celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 11th at 8:00am.  The program will include breakfast, a parade, and a special assembly.  Please RSVP to your child's teacher if you plan to attend.

Even if you are unable to attend, we would like to recognize the veterans in your family on our Wall of Heroes display.  Please let us know the name and branch of service of any veteran in your child's family who you would like us to recognize. 

Also, please send us a photo of your veteran/s for a slideshow we are preparing.  Email your photos to pontiacveterans@gmail.com by Friday, Nov. 6.  Please include the veteran's name, branch of service, and your Pontiac student's name in your email. 

Thank you for serving our country.  We hope to see you on November 11th! 

A Look at our Week!

ELA

We have been practicing author's point of view in reading.  They have identified examples in literature and this week students will write captions and explanations.  There will be an assessment on author's point of view on Wednesday, October 28. As we read various fiction and nonfiction selections this week, students will investigate connections and make inferences. Since we are back on schedule, students will also wrap up any final writing assignments.


Social Studies
On today, students discussed the conflicts between U.S. soldiers, government and Native Americans during westward expansion.  We will review their study guide for the
test on westward expansion on Tuesday.  There will be a class review on Wednesday and the unit test will take place on Thursday.

AVID 
We are beginning to identify WICOR in our daily lessons in both social studies and ELA.  Ask your child the meaning of WICOR. By Friday, he or she should be able to give you an example of a WICORized lesson we've completed in class.  Thank you for supporting the canned good drive for Harvest Hope.  Over three hundred pounds of food was donated on behalf of Pontiac's AVID students.  Thank you for the support!

Harvest Hope Donations Thursday and Friday!

Harvest  Hope

Do you want to help flood victims in your Community?

Well if you do,then Pontiac Elementary School is collecting can goods and other foods for Harvest Hope. So please donate if you can.Thank you guys for all your help!

By: Xia Salley,Kaitlyn Burgess

When: Thursday, Oct. 15 and 

Friday, October 16

What's Happening this week!

In social studies, we will wrap up our study of westward expansion.  Students will view videos and photographs showing the conflicts between Native Americans, cowboys, ranchers, and railroad workers.  They will create tools used by railroad workers and those settling the west.  

It was so good to hear that students were reading and visiting the library when they were home last week.  I hope your child has showed you his/her online reading log.  We will continue to log our reading throughout the school year.  This is a wonderful way for you to monitor what your child is reading as well as his or her pacing.

We will also continue our study with nouns by investigating singular and plural nouns.  Students will  take a look at figurative language as we read tall tales.



AVID
The fourth and fifth grade AVID students will be collecting dry goods for Harvest Hope Food Bank on Thursday, Oct. 15 and Friday, Oct. 16 for the flood victims.  You will be receiving updates from our class as we prepare for this drive.  Please send in your donations!

By:Sincere,Bobbie, And Jakedrick

Parents, I know you're reading this blog about the Harvest Hope campaign and you're asking, “when is it going to be?”
It is going to be Thursday,October 15, 2015 and Friday,October 16, 2015. “Where is it going to be?” You ask. It is going to be in the car rider line and bus loop at Pontiac Elementary. Fifth grade and Fourth grade aka, Avid, will be in charge of this collection.  

Thank parents for participating!!!