October 1-5

Lesson 5 in reading is Review/Reteach Week!

This week's story is It Takes Talent.  

This week's focus skill is reviewing: conflict/plot/resolution and character's motives.

This week's vocabulary words are genial, prognostication, stricken, dramatically, restrain, protest, feverishly, overcome, flop, and spectacular.

This week's spelling words are review words: stretch, cactus, measure, reason, coach, kneeling, twice, rayon, appoint, scoop, drawn, feud, jewel, fraud, royalty, hurried, scared, changing, buying, and obeyed. 

This week's grammar skill is reviewing: 4 types of sentences, subject/predicate, simple/complete subjects and simple/complete predicates.

We are working in chapter 3 in social studies this week. Some students still did not do well on the open book social studies test last week. I also provided the students with the page numbers of where to look in the book for each question. There really is no excuse for why everyone is not making a 100!  

There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday.

Please make sure your child studies the DOL study guide that comes home on Thursday nights. Everything on the DOL test comes from the weekly DOL lessons or past lessons. I also read the tests to the students on Thursday to help them prepare.

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday, including chapter 2 social studies tests.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it the next day. 

Please check agenda books daily!

Your child has spelling homework this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. Everyone is getting into the groove of 5th grade, but some are still struggling getting organized!

I sign more conduct folders for not turning in homework or not having the D/F test papers signed!

Roy's Book Fair is going on this week in the OIS lobby!

October 3rd is Picture Day! SMILE!

Open House is Thursday, October 4th from 6-7:30!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

September 24-28

• This week is Theme Week in reading! We will be taking parts of the theme 1 test all week. We will also be doing some review work throughout the week.
• Because of this, there will be no new reading story, no new genre, no new vocabulary words, no new spelling words, and no new grammar skill. So no homework either!! Please encourage your child to do their best on the theme test!
• We will still be doing DOL morning work, so there will be a DOL test on Friday. Please remember that DOL study guides come home on Thursday nights and ALL students know what they will see on the test on Friday.
• We will be taking Chapter 2 OPEN BOOK social studies test on Tuesday. PLEASE encourage your child to use their books! The questions come straight from the textbook! Should have lots of 100s!
• Progress reports go home on Tuesday, September 25th. Please look over the grades and sign and return as soon as possible.
• Graded test papers go home every Tuesday! If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return to me the next day!
• ARMT scores from last year will also be with the progress report. You may keep this sheet.
• Hat day is Friday, September 28th. Your child may pay $1.00 to wear their favorite hat all day! All money goes to childhood cancer research!
• Parenting Day/Open House is Thursday, October 4th. More information to come this week!
• Please check your email!
• If you need me in any way, please let me know! Thanks for sharing your child with me daily! We are having a GREAT year so far!!!

September 17-21

I am trying to create a class distribution list for emails. If you did not receive my test email, please let me know!

This week's story is The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter.

This week's genre is biography.

This week's focus skill is character's motives.

This week's vocabulary words are eccentric, crusaded, impassable, infuriated, relented, disheartened, and faze.

This week's spelling words are talked, hurried, smiling, dropped, clapping, stepped, worried, worrying, changing, stayed, buying, dried, picnicking, scared, driving, obeyed, playing, tried, carried, and hurrying.

This week's grammar skill is simple/complete subjects and simple/complete predicates.

We are still working in chapter 2 in social studies this week. Test will probably be toward the end of the week. Remember all social studies are OPEN book!

There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday.

Please make sure your child studies the DOL study guide that comes home on Thursday nights. Everything on the DOL test comes from the weekly DOL lessons or past lessons. I also read the tests to the students on Thursday to help them prepare.

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday, including chapter 1 social studies tests.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it the next day. 

Thanks to all the support of the book fair last week and thanks for coming to the weekly morning events.

Please check agenda books daily!

Your child has spelling homework this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

Letters about flu shots are coming home on Monday!

Ident-a-kid is Thursday, September 20! More info. to come!

A note went home last week about OIS Choir!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. Some of the students are still adjusting to a new school year and getting organized!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

September 10-14

This week's story is Chang and the Bamboo Flute.

This week's genre is historical fiction.

This week's focus skill is character's motives.

This week's vocabulary words are pried, desperately, indignantly, sneered, urgently, and grudgingly.

This week's spelling words are counter, fraud, oyster, appoint, drawn, awning, laundry, feud, shawl, jewel, royalty, powder, annoying, cashew, scoop, bamboo, browse, ointment, rooster, and rescue. 

This week's grammar skill is subjects and predicates.

We will be beginning chapter 2 in social studies this week.

There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday.

Please make sure your child studies the DOL study guide that comes home on Thursday nights. Everything on the DOL test comes from the weekly DOL lessons or past lessons. I also read the tests to the students on Thursday to help them prepare.

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday. 

Book fair is this week! Tuesday is Muffins for Mom, Wednesday is Grandparents's Breakfast, and Thursday is Doughnuts for Dad!

Dress days are this week also! Tuesday is red, white, and blue day. Wednesday is sports day. Thursday is shine like a star day (sparkly clothes for girls and yellow/gold for boys). Friday is saints wear day.

Agenda books are here! Please check them daily.

Your child has spelling homework this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. Some of the students are still adjusting to a new school year and getting organized!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

September 3-7

• Happy Labor Day! No school Monday, September 3.
• This week's story is Line Drive.
• This week's genre is autobiography.
• This week's focus skill is conflict and resolution.
• This week's vocabulary words are maven, mortified, reigned, conceited, designated, smirk, and exhilarated.
• This week's spelling words are needle, speech, reason, crease, thief, fade, obtain, faint, steep, rayon, eager, shadow, saying, mild, coach, smoke, twice, human, teenage, and niece.
• This week's grammar skill is imperative and exclamatory sentences.
• We will be completing chapter 1 in social studies this week and taking our first open book test.
• There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday.
• Please make sure your child studies the DOL study guide that comes home on Thursday nights. Everything on the DOL test comes from the weekly DOL lessons or past lessons. I also read the tests to the students on Thursday to help them prepare.
• This week's tests will go home on Wednesday instead of Tuesday, because of Monday being a holiday. On a normal week, tests will come home on Tuesdays.
• Please read the attached note to this week's tests papers.
• Saints t-shirts are on sale now! A brochure went home last week with the students.
• There will be a Title 1 parent meeting in the OIS library this Thursday, September 6th at 6:00.
• Our book fair will be next week! A letter went out with the students last week also.
• Agenda books are on there way! They should be here this week! Until then your child is writing their homework down on the back of the weekly vocabulary/spelling words study guides.
• Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. Some of the studunts are still adjusting to a new school year and getting organized!
• Let me know if you need me in any way!