Friday, August 29, 2014

September 1 - 5, 2014

NEWS FOR PARENTS:

LABOR DAY IS MONDAY!   Enjoy some time together with your family :)


You will receive a letter with your appointed time for Parent Day, which is on Tuesday, September 8th.  Remember to be on time, as our schedule will be very tight.  Also make certain to let me know if you are not able to keep your appointment.  I'm looking forward to meeting with every parent!


Our PE Department will be selling JUICE FLAVORED shaved ice this year.  The scheduled dates are Tuesday, September 16, and Tuesday, September 30.  Please send $1.50 CASH at least two days ahead.  Make SURE you send exact change in an envelope or zip bag with your child's name and homeroom teacher clearly identified. The money raised will be used to purchase additional PE and playground equipment.  Thank you so much!

Remember to put your child’s name, phone number, “E. Boyer” and lunch number on checks. 

Put ALL MONEY in a zip bag or envelope telling what it is for.  Children do not remember.

 
***Don't forget to send $3.00 for your Apple Binder AND $6.00 for class shirt!   We have several students left who need to pay for these.  Please send this immediately! :)
  
***Please join our PTO!!! We need YOU. Membership is $10.00. Let's show all the other classes that we are the BEST when it comes to PTO participation :)  We have TWO memberships so far.

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  Hailey J.

**READING/SPELLING  Our story this week is “A Walk in the Desert."  We will read this story, as well as other stories and poetry, to reinforce the skill for this week.
 
Please write Spelling words three times each every night at home! We will check words at school daily.  Phonics: Adding -s, -ed, -ing to the end of a word.


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



**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING
We are practicing all four types of sentences this week:  Declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative.  Please encourage your child to use correct letter formation.  Handwriting counts!
 
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**MATH 
We are completing our study of standard and expanded forms.  We will be writing numbers in word form, standard form, and expanded form.  At the end of the week our class will focus on three digit numbers and "bundles" of tens to make one hundred.  Students are practicing addition facts every day in class.  ** Use addition flash cards, games and computer activities to reinforce addition facts.



**SOCIAL SCIENCE
 Our class is learning about landforms this week.  We are studying mountains, valleys, deserts, rivers, and oceans.  We'll make a "Geography Dictionary" at the end of the week.

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