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!