Sunday, November 17, 2013

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!
  • Monday, November 11, 2013

    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!
  • Sunday, November 3, 2013

    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!