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**Cookie Dough Sale is going on right now! Buy your cookie dough to support our school. Sale ends October 15th :)
***Information about our special treat following the Fall Costume Parade will be coming soon!
October 17th---CiCi's Spirit Night from 5-9 PM
October 28th---Chick-fil-A Spirit Night from 5-8 PM
**Important update about Spelling Tests! I have been correcting students' handwriting and spelling for almost 9 weeks. Many children have improved in all areas! I must remind my students that correct letter formation is VERY important when it comes to spelling words. No uppercase letters may be used unless we are writing words that include capitalization. If an "a" looks like an "o," then I will grade it as an "o." Reversed letters and numbers will be counted wrong. For the next three quarters, students know what is expected.
**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Cody
*READING/SPELLING Our story this week is "Turtle's Race with Beaver." We are learning about the sequence of events in a story. Spelling words are "r-controlled" -er, ir, ur. Spelling Test will be on Friday. **Use the following website to review Spelling words: www.spellingcity.com
Please write Spelling words three times each every night at home! We will check words at school daily. I HIGHLY recommend that parents give their children a practice test every Thursday night. Remember: Words from LAST week will be included in this week's dictation sentences.
**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
We will review and test First Quarter Language skills which include four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory; collective nouns, dictionary skills, contractions, and context clues. **Students must remember that handwriting is very important.
**MATH
We will complete the First Quarter Post-Test in math this week. This test includes every skill learned so far this year. Students will continue to do a "3 Minute, 50 Addition Facts Drill." Use addition flash cards, games and computer activities to reinforce addition facts. I encourage students to play computer games at home on www.abcya.com.
**SOCIAL SCIENCE
We will focus on our state of Alabama. Students will identify our state bird, flower, flag, and important facts that make our state great! Monday is the day Christopher Columbus' birthday is celebrated. We will read about him and watch a video, "American Hero Classics: Christopher Columbus."
