Newsletter -- October 18 - 22, 2010

Student of the Week:  Julian Bloomquist

**READING/SPELLING ----  Practice Spelling words every night.  Absolutely NO capitalization unless it is at the beginning of a sentence.  These are 5 points each.  Dictation sentences must be written correctly, too. 

Day Four - Monday:  Selection Test online and written questions.  Students must write complete sentences.


Day Five -  Tuesday -  Spelling and Language tests.

Day One - Wednesday - New story, "Bremen Town Musicians." Family Times and Spelling pre-test are in   the binder.

Day Two - Thursday - Read story at home and practice Spelling words--- Every night!!

Day Three - Friday - Continue to read story with an adult at home.

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING
We are learning about singular nouns and the rules used to make them plural.

**MATH
This week students will study place value, as well as greater than, less than, equal to symbols.

Students are now practicing subtraction facts each day.  Daily timed drill will be 20 problems in one minute.
**Fact drill that counts for a grade this nine weeks is 100 addition facts, 5 minutes.  Again, the best out of nine tests will be counted.

**SOCIAL SCIENCE
We are continuing our study of the state of Alabama.  Students will complete their Alabama Booklet, which includes state bird, flower, motto, facts, products, illustrations.  Our map of Alabama will include our capital city and rivers.  We plan to locate bordering states, too.


*NEWS FOR PARENTS

*Good News Club --- Every Thursday afternoon

*Choir --- Wednesdays, from 7:30 to 8:00. Please be on time!

PTA Red pod – Oct. 19


Report Cards go home – Oct. 19

Student Council Installation – Oct. 22