Friday, September 10, 2010

Newsletter - September 13 - 17, 2010

I enjoyed meeting each of you during Parent Report Day!  We are well on our way into a fantastic year.  Thank you for allowing me to teach your child, and remember that I am here to help in any way I can!





**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Sam Hicks



**READING/SPELLING ***PLEASE NOTICE....
Day Four is Monday, 9/13 (Selection Test online)
Day Five is Tuesday, 9/14 (Spelling and Language Tests)
*Begin Day One on Wednesday, 9/15
Day Two is Thursday
Day Three is Friday.  (Next week will be Days Four and Five)



Our story beginning on Day One, Wednesday, is "The Strongest One."
Family Times and Spelling list is in Apple Binder. Read story at home and write Spelling words three times each. (Use notebook paper in the back of Apple Binder.)
Day Two is Thursday: Read story at home and write Spelling words three times each.
Day Three is Friday: Read story at home and practice Spelling words.


Day Four NEXT Monday: Reading test (Part online, part written).
Day Five is NEXT Tuesday: Spelling and Language tests.


Please write Spelling words three times each every night at home! We will check words at school daily.


**There are two parts to doing homework: Doing the work at home, and returning it in the homework pocket of your apple binder.


**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING
*Statements and Questions Test will be on Tuesday.  Beginning Wednesday will learn how to read and write commands and exclamations.  

**MATH
This week we are learning more about sums through 18. Students will practice all the different ways we can use 10 to make sums of 18.  Check apple binder for homework this week. You must learn addition facts! Use addition flash cards, games and computer activities to reinforce facts. *The best one out of nine fact drills will be counted as a math grade.


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will continue studying landforms and bodies of water. We are going to make a "Geography Dictionary" with meanings and illustrations. Please do not lose this, as it is going to be used for a grade!



**NEWS FOR PARENTS


 *Our class has had perfect attendance for seventeen days, and we have spelled "PERFECT ATTENDANCE!" 

*We do SO appreciate your support of our Cookie Dough Fundraiser... This money is very important in helping our school and classrooms. Money is due September 16. Thank you!



*Book Fair - September 13 - 17


*Fall Pictures - September 22


**CLASSROOM NEEDS: Please keep our class in mind, as we will need HP #94 – Black or
HP #95 – Color ink cartridges for the classroom printer.



**Don't forget!! PTA Membership - $10.00. We have two members representing our class.
Next PTA meeting is September 14.




*Important Parent Meeting is Sept. 21st. More info coming soon!


*We will see the play, “Peter Pan” in December!  Please send $25.00 attached to the permission form as soon as possible.  There is only room for 4 chaperones...  and I'm truly sorry that every parent cannot go with us.

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