Update October 7th

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Hello Wonderful Families,

If you want your child to retake their picture make-up pictures will be on October 10th. If your child will be taking make-up pictures please return your ID card and the picture packet October 10th as well. 

A BIG thank you to those that have sent in money for our "Change for Change" campaign for Ghana. The campaign will run throughout the year so keep sending in change!
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​October Poems came home in Monday’s Homework folders.  Students need to memorize one of the four poems. They will recite the poem from memory the week of October 28th. The rubric is on the back of the poems so you can see how they will be scored.
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 You can always check your child's progress toward their AR goal by going to the Accelerated Reader Home Connect website and entering your child's username and password (found in their homework folder). Student’s must meet their AR goal for this trimester by Friday, November 1st.

Just a few updates for the coming week:

This week in Math:
Topic 4- Fluently add within 100 
  • Topic 4 Pretest
  • Add with partial sums
  • Continue to add with partial sums
  • Models to add 2 digit numbers

This week in Language Arts:

Reading: Making Connections, Sequence of Events
Grammar: Collective Nouns
Spelling: r-controlled vowels
  • alarm
  • board
  • carpet
  • charm
  • forget
  • garden
  • morning
  • orbit
  • soar
  • shore

Vocabulary:
  • resolve: to fix a problem
  • anticipate: predict
  • inform: to tell
  • proof: facts and information
  • slight: little

Writing: Personal Narrative
  • Mapping literature

         
This week in Leadership:
8 Key Strategies for Success
O- own your actions

This week in Science:
Landforms and Bodies of Water

Homework:Reading and behavior logs need to be filled out and initialed nightly.  Math Homework must also be completed nightly. There will be NO MATH HOMEWORK on Monday and Tuesday due to assessments. Find the Evidence will go home on Monday and will be due by Friday.  

Looking forward to a great week!
Alison



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