October 10-14

• This week's story is Lesson 7: When the Circus came to Town.
• This week's vocabulary words are fret, proclaimed, assured, outlandish, nudged, and ruckus.
• This week's focus skill is Theme.
• This week's spelling words are suppose, hurricane, ballad, bellow, success, appeal, announcer, tissue, excellent, terrific, collect, slippery, common, arrange, suffer, follow, kennel, squirrel, message, and summary.
• This week's grammar skill is simple and compound sentences.
• We are working in Chapter 3 in social studies.
• Continue to send in candy for the OIS Trick or Treat night which is Tuesday, October 25th.
• Learning Earnings is up and running. Ask your child.
• Think Central is up and running. Ask your child.
• We are having a competition for Accelerated Reading tests. Ask your child.
• We are having a Pizza Hut Book It competition. Ask your child. 
• Mrs. Tillman and I are scheduling conferences for Parenting Night. Date and time TBA. Let me know if you would like to meet with us.