August 24-28

Happy Labor Day! No school Monday, September 7.

This week's story is Line Drive.

This week's genre is autobiography.

This week's focus skill is conflict and resolution.

This week's vocabulary words are maven, mortified, reigned, conceited, designated, smirk, and exhilarated.

This week's spelling words are needle, speech, reason, crease, thief, fade, obtain, faint, steep, rayon, eager, shadow, saying, mild, coach, smoke, twice, human, teenage, and niece.

This week's grammar skill is imperative and exclamatory sentences.

We will be working on week 2 in social studies. A study guide will come home on Monday. Tests are on Thursdays. Your child is allowed to use the USA Studies Weekly newspaper during the tests.

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

Tests will come home on Tuesdays.

Please read the attached note to this week's social studies test papers.

Agenda books are on there way! They should be here this week! Until then your child is writing their homework down on a printed sheet I gave them.

I have also sent an email explaining homework again. Also refer back to my welcome letter.

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!