October 27-31

This week is Theme Review.

This week's story is The Secret Ingredient.

This week's genre is readers' theater.

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

This week's vocabulary words are eminent, charity, modest, disgruntled, inadequate, aghast, dismayed, amends, absentminded, and concoction.

This week's spelling words are review of bundle, vehicle, struggle, hurtle, triple, hurricane, golden, journey, hospital, excellent, message, arrange, whisper, terrific, expression, conclude, merchandise, technique, accomplish, and goggles.

This week's grammar skill is review of compound subjects and predicates, simple and compound sentences, prepositions and prepositional phrases, and dependent/independent clauses.

We are on week 11 in social studies. There will be a social studies test on Thursday.

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. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

 Remember to send in candy for the OIS Candy Crash. It is this Tuesday night, October 28th from 5:30-7:00. A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have already sent in candy!

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!

October 13-24

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 vocabulary words are gesture, specialized, proportion, envisioned, resisted, and scholars.

This week's spelling words congress, English, fortress, expression, conclude, complain, complex, distrust, contribute, explode, umbrella, merchandise, remembrance, concrete, goggles, portray, technique, accomplish, function, and membrane.

This week's grammar skill is dependent and independent clauses.

 We are working on week 10 in social studies. The test will be Tuesday, October 21st.

Report cards go home Thursday, October 16th. 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 next Thursday, October 23rd.

 Last week's tests will come home on Friday, October 17th.

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!

Homework is listed in the agenda books!  

Our field trip to Oak Mountain is Monday, October 20th.

Homecoming is the week of October 20-24.

Dress up days are:

Monday: we will be on the field trip
Tuesday: Tacky Tourist
Wednesday: Walt Disney
Thursday: Totally Safari Camo
Friday: Spirit Day

OIS is having the 3rd Annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 28th from 5:30-7:00. 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 6-10

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.

This week's vocabulary words are persuading, crucial, maneuvered, encountered, crisis, appealed, perseverance, and destiny.

This week's spelling words entire, hospital, public, combine, golden, chimney, pretzel, survive, absorb, turmoil, wisdom, journey, condition, whisper, identify, establish, furnace, capture, marvelous, and nursery.

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

We are working on week 9 in social studies this week. There will be test on Thursday.

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 and reading homework this week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights. THEY ALSO HAVE GRAMMAR HOMEWORK THIS WEEK. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 

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!

Book Fair is this week!

October 7th is Open House from 5:30-7:00.

October 13-14 is Fall Break. 

Let me know if you need me in any way!