Welcome

Welcome back to school. It's hard to believe we have been back for 4 weeks!

Important Dates

9/14 Picture day

9/16 Spirit Day

9/16 S.S. test on Ancient Greece and the branches of government

9/20 Progress Reports for those students needing one

9/23 P.E. Fun Day & Family Activity Night

9/23 Four reading responses due for  the 25 books by May goal

Reminders: Please don't forget to send in box tops and coke caps. We are able to turn them in for money for  our school. We are also collecting the metal pull tabs from cans for the Ronald McDonald House.

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?

READING

We are reading chapter books in guided reading. The kids should be reading longer books and passages in thier instructoin as well as for pleasure. Our focus now is story elements and vocabulary development. Keep reading 15 minutes each night. I'm encouraging students to read many different kinds of books. Fiction as well as nonfiction.

MATH

We are working on counting back change, adding, and subtracting money. Adding and subtracting large numbers are a skill needing more practice. The students will have an extra math home work. It will be assigned on Tuesday  and due on Friday.

SOCIAL STUDIES

 We have been learning about the 3 branches of our government, their responsibilities, and checks and balances. Next week we'll start on map skills.

WRITING

We have worked on descriptive paragraphs and are now working on how to write a good narrative. We'll work on writing a personal narrative for the next two weeks.

ENGLISH

We have been learning about sentence structure, subjects and predicates. Our next focus will be the four kinds of sentences.