August 25-29

This week's story is Chang and the Bamboo Flute. The students have reading homework questions about the story that comes home on Monday, but are not due until Friday.

This week's focus skill is Character Motives.

This week's vocabulary words are pried, desperately, sneered, indignantly, urgently, and grudgingly. Students are to use the glossary from the reading books on Monday night and write the definitions for homework.

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, rescue. Harder words! Please make sure your child is studying and completing homework. They have spelling homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights.

The grammar skill is subject and predicate.

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

We are working on week 3 of USA Studies Weekly. Test scores were much better for week 2.

Test papers go home on Tuesday. If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), you must sign and return the test paper by Friday of that same week.

• I  am still accepting classroom donations of $35. BIG thank you to those of you who have already paid. Parents of Daniel, JD, Noah, Jacob, Bayler, Devin, Faith, Gracie, Olivia, Morgan, Sadie, Amelia, Peyton S., Brayden, Hailee, and Tyne.

Our first fundraiser for the year went home last Thursday. If you do not wish to purchase/sell the coupon book, you MUST return the book to school.

We are beginning DARE next Thursday.

Remember NO school on Monday, September 1 for Labor Day.