Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Week of November 11, 2019

Important Dates:

-Penny Wars- Nov. 4th-11th- collect pennies to benefit our PBIS.-Report Cards Fri., Nov. 8th 
-Dress Down Friday, Nov. 15th
-Feed A Friend Donations Due Fri., Nov. 15th 1 item = 1 ticket
-Disguised Turkey due Fri., Nov. 15th-No School Nov. 28th-Dec.2nd
-Party Money $6 due as soon as possible.

-Book Challenge- Read nightly - submit your paper once you have read 10 books.

-Snack Time- Please do not send candy with your child.  This is supposed to be a snack that fills their belly until lunch time.


Reading: 
We will be reviewing Unit 1 this week.  The test will be broken into 2 parts - Thurs. and Fri. Please review the sheet in your child's folder.  Fluency passage due Friday.

Spelling:
Sight word list #3 quiz will be Friday.  Pretest for list #6 will be Mon., Nov. 18th.  The focus of that lesson will be contractions.

-Math- The focus of this next unit will be addition and subtraction and different strategies we can use to solve those problems.  Homework Tuesday-Thursday.

-Science- Our focus for this marking period will be the solar system.  Moon calendar due Mon., Dec. 9th.  Students should observe the moon and shade it in on their paper. Planet research information will be handed out on Thursday and will be due Tues., Nov. 19th.  Students will be given time in class to research their planet.  There will be a sun, moon and star quiz next Tuesday.  A study guide will be coming home on Friday.

Reminders: 
Our nightly homework will consist of a math sheet, review the spelling and vocab words, and reading fluency passage.  Some nights I will also send home a decodable reader.  Please take time to read it with your child and also model reading (fluency, expression, etc.).  Remember the most up to date homework can be found on my homework blog.