November 18-22

Field trip money and permission slip is due by this Friday, the 22nd!!

Can food drive is also this week! A note went home last week!!

DARE graduation is scheduled for Thursday, December 12th at 8:30.

This week's story is Ultimate Field Trip 3: Wading into Marine Biology. 

This week's genre is informational narrative.

This week's focus skill is Compare and Contrast. 

This week's grammar skill is singular and plural nouns.

Last week's tests papers go home on Tuesday. D/F test papers have to be signed!!

If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know!

There will be a reading and grammar test on Friday.

Please check agenda books!

 Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

Saints for Christ is in the library for students to attend every Wednesday morning at 7:15!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

November 11-15

Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! Hopefully you took a moment and gave thanks for the thousands of men and women who have served our country and are serving our country. We would not be free without them!!

D.A.R.E. graduation is Thursday, December 12th at 8:30. We will begin writing our essays this week!

This week's story is Sailing Home: A Story of a Childhood at Sea.

This week's genre is historical fiction.

This week's focus skill is Compare and Contrast. 

This week's grammar skill is common and proper nouns.

We will be working on Chapter 5 in Social Studies this week.

If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know!

There will be a reading and grammar test on Friday.

Please check agenda books daily!

Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

Saints for Christ is in the library for students to attend every Wednesday morning at 7:15!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

November 4-8

This week is Reteach Week in reading.

There is no reading story.

I am reteaching the focus skills of Theme (lesson 6 and 7) and Text Structure: Sequence (lesson 8 and 9). There will be a quiz on these skills on Thursday.

We will also have a spelling test on Thursday with the words from this theme.  The words are listed in your child's agenda books. They also have spelling homework on Monday and Tuesday nights.

We took Theme 2 test last week. That grade comes home on Tuesday.

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

OIS Fall Festival is this Friday, November 8th. If you have not sent in the $12.00 for the armband, please do so.

A note and permission slip goes home this week for our field trip in December.

D.A.R.E. graduation is Thursday, December 12th at 8:30. All parents are invited to attend.

Saints for Christ is in the library for students to attend every Wednesday morning at 7:15!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

October 28-November 1

OIS Annual Candy Crash is Tuesday, October 29th from 5:30-7:00. It costs $1 to attend. 

This week is theme week in reading. There is no weekly story. Students will be taking theme test 2. We will also review focus skills, grammar skills, and spelling words.

This week's focus skill is review of Theme (lesson 6 and 7) and Text Structure: Sequence (lesson 8 and 9). 

This week's spelling words are review of the last 2 weeks: through, you're, want, there, said, their, won't, they're, throw, your, looked, always, sometimes, again, because, another, beginning, which, people, and thought. Test will be next Thursday.

This week's grammar skill is review of compound subjects and predicates, simple and compound sentences, and prepositions and propositional phrases.

The classes took chapter 3 social studies tests last week. These tests are open book and page numbers given to find the answers! There were lots of 100s!!

If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know! 

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday.

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 Tuesday night. Homework is listed in the agenda books!   

A BIG thank you to all of you who sent in candy!  Keep the pencils coming!!

OIS Fall Festival is Friday, November 8th. A note will be coming home soon with all of the details. Our booth is face paint, so if any one is interested in volunteering some time to paint faces, just let me know!

Saints for Christ is in the library for students to attend every Wednesday morning at 7:15!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

October 21-25

This week's story is Leonardo's Horse.

This week's genre is narrative nonfiction.

This week's focus skill is Text Structure: Sequence. 

This week's spelling words are because, always, again, which, thought, people, another, looked, beginning, and sometimes.

This week's grammar skill is prepositions, prepositional phrases, and the object of the preposition again. This is a hard grammar skill and with the short week last week, the students were not yet prepared for a quiz.

Chapter 3 social studies test is going to be the first part of this week, then we will begin chapter 4. Remember tests are open book with page numbers given. Should be lots of 100s!

Report cards go home on Thursday, October 24th. Please review your child's grades. Sign and return as soon as possible if you haven't already. If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know!

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

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday.

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. Reading homework questions are not due until Friday. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

PLEASE send in pencils for the class or make sure that your child has pencils every day!!!!!  

OIS is having the 3rd Annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 29th from 6-7:30. PLEASE send in a bag of candy as soon as possible!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

October 14-18

Thanks to everyone who came out to Open House last Monday night! Mrs. Tillman and I have such great classes!!

This week's story is When Washington Crossed the Delaware.

This week's genre is narrative nonfiction.

This week's focus skill is Text Structure: Sequence.

We are beginning spelling words this week. This week's spelling words are want, won't, said, there, their, they're, through, threw, your, and you're. These are words that are commonly misspelled in the students' writing.

This week's grammar skill is prepositions and prepositional phrases.

We are working on chapter 3 in social studies this week.

Report cards go home on Thursday, October 24th. Please review your child's grades. Sign and return as soon as possible. If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know!

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

Last week's tests come home on Wednesday this week because of no school on Monday.

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 Tuesday and Thursday nights. Homework is listed in the agenda books!

School pictures money is due no later than October 16th.

OIS is having the 3rd Annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 29th. This is open to everyone, not just OIS students! PLEASE send in a bag of candy as soon as possible!

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will be continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

October 7-11

EVERYBODY that was dressed up last week for homecoming looked SUPER DUPER! Thanks for showing school spirit!

Open House is this Monday, October 7th from 5:30-7:00!

This week's story is When the Circus Came to Town.

This week's genre is historical fiction.

This week's focus skill is theme.

This week's grammar skill is simple and compound sentences.

We are working on chapter 3 in social studies this week.

There will be a reading and grammar test on Friday.

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday.

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 reading homework that is due on Friday!

School pictures are in. I will send them home as soon as I get them. Check the date on the proof for when the money is due. 

OIS is having the 3rd Annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 29th. PLEASE send in a bag of candy as soon as possible!

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 getting organized!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

September 30-October 4

This week's story is The Night of San Juan.

This week's genre is realistic fiction.

This week's focus skill is theme.

This week's grammar skill is compound subjects and predicates.

We are taking chapter 2 social studies test this week. Remember all social studies tests are OPEN book!

There will be a reading and grammar test on Thursday this week due to early dismissal for Homecoming.

Last week's tests come home on Tuesday.

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 reading homework that is due on Thursday of this week.

Homework is listed in the agenda books!

This week is Homecoming! Please encourage your child to dress up this week!

Monday is Super Hero Day! Tuesday is Nerd Day! Wednesday is Color War Day and 5th grade is maroon! Thursday is Camo Day! Friday is Spirit Day!

We will dismiss early on Friday at 11:30! If you child goes home a different way on Friday, I need it written in a note!

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 getting organized!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

September 23-27

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, and no new grammar skill. So no homework either!! Please encourage your child to do their best on the theme test!

We will be working on a writing response all week and publishing the final draft on Friday. Ask your child what they are writing about!

We will be taking Chapter 2 OPEN BOOK social studies test this week. 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 24th. 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 Wednesday, September 25th. Your child may pay $1.00 to wear their favorite hat all day! All money goes to childhood cancer research! Your child can also wear YELLOW on this day!

Title 1 Parent Meeting is Thursday, September 26th.

Fall pictures are scheduled for Friday, September 27th.

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 16-20

• 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 grammar skill is simple/complete subjects and simple/complete predicates.
• Please have your child wear red, white, and/or blue on Tuesday, September 17th for Constitution/Citizenship Day!
• 5th Grade will be celebrating Grandparent's Day on Thursday, September 19th in the lunchroom at 11:30. Grandparents can meet us at the lunchroom, since we have such a long walk.
• We are still working in chapter 2 in social studies this week. Test will probably be some time next week. Remember all social studies tests are OPEN book and page numbers given!
• There will be a reading and grammar test on Friday.
• 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.
• Please check agenda books daily!
• Please make sure that your child rereads the weekly story nightly and works on the homework questions. They are due on Friday.
• Ident-a-kid is Thursday, September 19th! Info came home on Monday!
• Your child can still join OIS Choir throughout the month of September for $10! The practices are Thursday afternoon until 4:00.
• 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!

 

September 9-13

• 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 grammar skill is subjects and predicates.
• We will be completing chapter 1 in social studies this week, so chapter 1 test will be this week!
• There will be a reading and grammar test on Friday.
• Please make sure that your child is working on their reading homework throughout the week. It is due on Friday!
• Please check agenda books daily.
• Identakid is September 19th.
• Progress reports go home on September 24th.
• OIS Open House is September 26th.
• Fall pictures are September 27th. 
• 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!

April 8-12

• This week's story is Lewis and Clark.
• This week's genre is narrative nonfiction.
• This week's focus skill is summarizing and paraphrasing.
• This week's vocabulary words are asset, intently, profusely, ordeal, terrain, dismal, peril, and esteem.
• This week's spelling words are unsuccessful, undoubtedly, impossibly, disloyalty, deactivation, unlikable, replacement, unsafely, uncollectible, immeasurable, impassible, encouragement, unbelievable, unselfishly, rearrangement, discoverable, dishonestly, unbreakable, reappearance, and reassurance.
• This week's grammar skill is irregular verbs.
• We are taking an open book test on Chapter 12 and then will be working in Chapter 13 of social studies this week.
• Your child will have reading and spelling homework nightly. Check agenda books! It's in there!
• There will be a reading, grammar, and spelling test on Friday!

April 1-5

• This week's story is The Compassion Campaign.
• This week's vocabulary words are loathe, bland, mentor, dilapidated, coordination, altruism, sensibility, advocacy, mistreated, and compassionate.
• This week's spelling words are review: indecisive, outpatient, downgrade, uptight, acceleration, demolition, pension, champion, authorization, cancellation, autumn, knowledge, rhyme, scenery, wrestled, armies, shelves, radios, tomatoes, and videos.
• This week's grammar skills are review.
• We are working in Chapter 12 in social studies.
• There will be a reading, spelling, and DOL test on Friday.
• Picture day is Wednesday, April 3.

March 18-22

This week's reading story is Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride.

This week's genre is fantasy.

This week's vocabulary words are excursions, giddy, turbulent, gleeful, panic, pinnacle, and precious.

This week's spelling words are addresses, armies, calves, countries, leaves, buses, videos, echoes, shelves, studios, radios, halves, hooves, knives, taxes, tomatoes, opportunities, volcanoes, stitches, and wolves.

This week's grammar skill is perfect tenses verbs.

We are working on chapter 11 in social studies.

Your student has homework! Please check their agendas!

Report cards go home on Thursday this week! Please review, sign, and return.

Enjoy your spring break! Be safe!

March 11-15

• This week is Book Fair week! Monday is crazy hair day! Tuesday is mad scientist day! Wednesday is silly stripes day! Thursday is neon day! Friday is favorite seuss character day!
• Family Reading Night is Tuesday, March 12, from 5:30-7:00!
• This week's story is Any Small Goodness.
• This week's vocabulary words are gouges, desolate, bustles, fervor, immaculate, and assuage.
• This week's focus skill is literary devices.
• This week's grammar skill is past and future verb tense.
• This week's spelling words are assign, autumn, column, crumb, debris, delight, design, glisten, hasten, knead, knowledge, lightning, resign, rhyme, solemn, thorough, scenery, whirl, wreath, and wrestled.
• There are spelling, grammar, and reading tests this Friday.
• We are working on chapter 10 in social studies.
• There is homework assigned in your child's agenda books. Please check.
• Spring break is soon! March 25-29!

March 4-8

• We are totally out of tissues!! The students are having to use paper towels to wipe their noses! If you can donate any tissues and pencils that would be great!
• This week's story is Lesson 22 The Power of W.O.W.!
• This week's vocabulary words are somberly, cumbersome, stammers, enterprising, deflated, monopolize, and enraptured.
• This week's focus skill is author's purpose and perspective.
• This week's spelling words are acceleration, accumulation, activation, alteration, authorization, calculation, cancellation, dedication, organization, demolition, repetition, mansion, pension, passion, tension, champion, confusion, permission, population, and companion.
• This week's grammar skill is subject-verb agreement.
• We will be completing chapter 9 in social studies and taking our open book test.
• Your child has nightly homework. Please check agenda books daily and make sure they are being responsible. They receive a spelling homework grade every nine weeks!
• There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday. If your child is at school throughout the week and then is absent on Friday, they will be taking their make up tests when they return on the following Monday. PLEASE make sure that they spend some time during the weekend studying!!!
• OIS will be selling snacks every morning this week! Everything is $1.00!
• Family Reading Night is next Tuesday, March 12 from 5:30-7:00.
• Report cards go home on Thursday, March 21th. Please sign and return!
• Remember Spring Break is March 25-29!

February 25-March 1

• This week's story is Interrupted Journey.
• This week's vocabulary words are vital, sleek, basking, analyzing, detect, and damage.
• This week's focus skill is author's purpose and perspective.
• This week's spelling words are incompetent, uphold, inconsiderate, indecisive, outrank, inhumane, inorganic, income, invertebrate, outgoing, outpatient, outspoken, outwit, downbeat, downgrade, downplay, downtown, uplift, upstage, and uptight.
• This week's grammar skill is linking and action verbs.
• We are working in chapter 9 in social studies.
• There is nightly spelling homework. Please check your child's agenda books.
• Please make sure your child has paper and pencils daily!

February 18-22

Hope everyone enjoyed President's Day!

• This week's reading story is The Invention Convention.
• This week vocabulary words are scours, appropriate, practical, portable, circulate, protrude, boisterous, deduction, fickle, and measly.
• This week's spelling words are review: irreplaceable, immature, indefinite, illiterate, independent, applicant, accountant, insistent, novelist, technician, cellist, porous, glorious, spontaneous, fictitious, mountainous,weak, week, dual, and duel. Check your child's agenda book nightly for spelling homework!
• This week's focus skills are review: making inferences and main idea and details.
• This week's grammar skills are review: subjective/objective pronouns, possessive/reflexive pronouns, adjectives/articles, and main/helping verbs.
• Both classes are working on Chapter 9 in social studies.

February 11-15

• This week's story is Inventing the Future.
• This week's story genre is a biography.
• This week's focus skill is main idea and details.
• This week's vocabulary words are irrepressible, feat, industry, tendency, device, and prestigious.
• This week's spelling words are homophones: steal, steel, waste, waist, weak, week, base, bass, pain, pane, flare, flair, dual, duel, stationary, stationery, flower, flour, sight, and site. The students will need to know what each word means because they will have to spell the correct homophone that fits in the sentence.
• This week's grammar skill is main and helping verbs.
• Make sure your child is studying the DOL study guide on Thursday nights!
• We will be completing chapter 8 in social studies this week and taking the open book test.
• The spelling, grammar, and reading tests will be Thursday this week instead of Friday because of the bowling field trip.
• Remember no school on Monday, February 18th!
• Remember to check your child's agenda book every night. They have HOMEWORK for a grade!
• Remember your child needs pencils and paper daily at school!

February 4-8

• This week's story is Project Mulberry.
• This week's genre is realistic fiction.
• This week's focus skill is main idea and details.
• This week's vocabulary words are compartments, swayed, phobia, invasion, vetoed, and wispy.
• This week's spelling words are courteous, hazadous, humorous, monstrous, porous, curious, furious, glorious, delirious, fictitious, gracious, ambitious, discourteous, dangerous, anxious, spontaneous, religious, delicious, mountainous, and ridiculous.
• This week's grammar skill is adjectives and articles.
• Please check your child's agenda book every night. Their homework should be listed!
• Tests papers go home on Tuesday! Sign and return if your child makes a D or an F.
• We are working on Chapter 8 in social studies this week.
• This Friday is math mania day!
• Make sure your child has pencils and paper every day!

January 28-February 1

• This week's story is Lesson 17: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street.
• This week's vocabulary words are extravagant, unimaginable, gourmet, throng, embarked, precarious, and hiatus.
• This week's genre is realistic fiction.
• This week's focus skill is making inferences.
• This week's spelling words are accountant, applicant, attendant, defiant, mutineer, expectant, hesitant, quadrant, resistant, servant, dependent, indulgent, insistent, urgent, auctioneer, accompanist, artist, cellist, technician, and novelist.
• We will be taking Chapter 7 social studies test this week and beginning chapter 8.
• Math Mania begins this Friday, February 1.
• Graded tests go home on Tuesday. Please sign and return if your child made a D or an F.

January 21-25

• No School, Monday, January 21.
• Awards Day has been rescheduled for this Thursday, January 24 at 10:30.
• This week's story is Lesson 16: The School Story.
• This week's genre is realistic fiction.
• This week's vocabulary words are indication, baffled, proposed, instinct, tempted, insights, and essence.
• This week's spelling words are inactive, inaccurate, irregular, irrelevant, ineffective, imbalance, immature, impatient, imperfect, impossible, illegal, illiterate, illegible, inaction, independent, invalid, indefinite, injustice, irreplaceable, and impolite. There is homework on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week. Please check agenda books!
• This week's grammar skill is subjective and objective case pronouns.
• This week's focus skill is making inferences.
• There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday. Please make sure that your child is studying!
• Graded tests from last week will come home on Tuesday. Please sign and return and test papers that are a D or an F by Friday.
• If you did not already sign your child's report card, please do so as soon as possible.
• We are still working in Chapter 7 in Social Studies.
• Make sure your child has pencils and paper every day!

January 14-18

• Please make sure that your child has pencils and paper every day!
• Report Cards go home this Thursday, January 17th! Please review your child's grades, sign, and return as soon as possible.
• Awards Day is this Friday, January 18th at 10:30 for 5th grade.
• No School on Monday, January 21st.
• This week's story is How Prairie Became Ocean.
• This week's spelling words are review words. They are enemy, fanatic, honest, ocean, slogan, reclaim, reconsider, uninformed, unwise, nonexistent, digestible, enjoyable, admissible, argument, amazement, priceless, capitol, general, mayor, and theater.
• There is spelling homework on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays .
• This week's vocabulary words are recount, uninhabitable, sustain, monotonous, endeavor, dwell, brimming, teeming, parched, and sorrowful.
• The grammar skills are also review. Common and proper nouns; singular and plural nouns; possessive nouns; and pronouns and antecedents.
• There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Friday.
• We will be beginning Chapter 7 in Social Studies this week. Test TBA. Remember social studies tests are open book and page numbers given.
• If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! Looking forward to a new semester!

January 7-11

• Thanks for ALL of my wonderful Christmas presents from everyone.
• Hope your holiday season was wonderful!
• We will be back to a normal rountine this week!
• I sent a note and email last week concerning changes in contact information. If you have not already responded, please let me know changes. If there are no changes, let me know that also.
• OIS has a new website. Check it out! odenvilleintermediateschool.weebly.com
• Make sure your child has PENCILS!!!! We are out AGAIN! Thanks to all of you who sent in extras the last time! They also need loose leaf paper!
• Report Cards go home next Thursday, January 17th! Please review your child's grades, sign, and return as soon as possible.
• Awards Day is Friday, January 18th at 10:30 for 5th grade.
• No School on Monday, January 21st.
• This week's story is A Drop of Water.
• This week's genre is expository nonfiction.
• This week's focus skill is Cause and Effect. 
• This week's vocabulary words are elongates, elastic, rigid, accumulate, underlying, intricate, vanish, and replenishing.
• This week's spelling words are barrel, cannon, capitol, civil, clever, discover, frozen, general, hidden, inventor, mayor, pepper, polar, proper, sandal, saucer, original, theater, tutor, and musical.
• This week's grammar skill is pronouns and antecedents.
• We will be taking the Chapter 6 social studies test this week.Remember it is OPEN book and page numbers given! Everyone should make a GREAT grade!
• If you would like to conference (phone or in person), please let me know!
• 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. Many students are even writing their own notes as we go over the tests! 
• Please check agenda books daily!
• Your child has spelling homework this week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 
• Saints for Christ is in the library for students to attend every Wednesday morning at 7:15!
• Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. I will be continue to sign conduct folders for NO homework, failure to return signed papers, etc!
• Let me know if you need me in any way!