October 1-5

This is Review Week. No reading story or vocabulary words.

This week's focus skill is again author's purpose and perspective.

This week's grammar skill is Greek and Latin word parts. There will be a grammar quiz on Thursday.

Homework goes home on Tuesday of this week. I will be out on Monday for jury duty. Remember homework is optical, but I grade it for bonus points.

There will be a spelling test on Friday, October 5. The spelling words are astronomy, astronaut, chronic, chronological, chronicle, cyclical, cyclone, hydrant, hydrate, optical, optician, tractor, attract, rupture, interrupt, erupt, audible, audio, dictate, and verdict.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage and question set.

Last week's tests go home on Tuesday.

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

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up:

Monday-Friday: October 1-5 Book Fair

Monday-Wednesday: October 8-10 Fall Break
Reports Go Home on October 15th; please review, sign, and return by Friday the 19th
PLEASE start sending in bags on candy for Candy Crash!

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.