Tuesday, October 4, 2011

October 12 - 14, 2011

NEWS FOR PARENTS:

Bookfair is October 17th - 21st!  

First Nine Weeks Report Cards ~~ Thursday, October 20th

GOTCHA Week ~~"Space Walk" will be the week of Oct. 17th :^) 

RED RIBBON WEEK ~~ October 24th - 28th 

**Remember to read plans for this week in Reading, Spelling, and Language! 

Students will have the opportunity to do an "Ancestors Report" to be completed and returned no later than Wednesday, October 12, 2011.  This report is in your child's Apple Binder, and includes directions on a separate piece of paper. Parents, please help your child learn about yourselves, grandparents, and great-grandparents, date of birth, birthplace, and interesting facts.  You may write this information for your child on the sheet provided.  There are two parts to this report---the written portion to give to me, and the oral portion, which is to be able to share facts with classmates.  Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions!  I am looking forward to learning more about your families.
elaine.boyer@elmore.k12.al.us 



NOTE! ***Written questions on the Reading Selection Test will now count as part of the grade, and students will be required to write complete sentences.  The teacher will provide a "sentence starter," and students will complete the sentence.  You will see this change on Reading tests starting last week, Oct. 7th.




READING

*Day One (last Friday) 

Day Two -- Wednesday, October 12th:  Read story at home and remember that our Selection Test online and written portion will be this Friday.  Practice Spelling words four times every night!

Day Three -- Thursday, October 13th:  Read story and practice Spelling words

Days Four and Five -- Friday, October 14th:  Selection Test online with written portion, Language and Spelling Tests.

LANGUAGE/SPELLING

This week we are learning about proper nouns.  Anytime you see a noun with a "special" name, that noun becomes a proper noun.  For example:  
  principal--- Mrs. Goodin
  school----- Coosada Elementary School
  street------ Airport Road

MATH

We will interpret and explain numeric patterns (skip counting).  Students will count by 5's and 10's, 2's and 3's.  Quarter Benchmark Test will be on Friday.  


SOCIAL SCIENCE

Students will present the written portion of their "Ancestor Report."  We will also share in small groups, then children will have the opportunity to share with the whole class, if they choose.  We will continue to learn about the importance of ancestors and what they contributed to make our lives so much better! 

 

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