Sunday, October 25, 2015

October 22-28

  • 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 prepositions, prepositional phrases, and object of the preposition.
  •  We are working on week 10 in social studies. The test will be Tuesday, October 27th.
  • There will be a reading, spelling, and grammar test on Wednesday, October 28th.
  •  Last week's tests will come home 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!
  • Homework is listed in the agenda books!  

  • OIS is having the Annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 27th 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!
  • Tuesday, October 13, 2015

    October 15-21

  • 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 a test on Tuesday. Study the study guide!
  • There will be a reading, grammar, and spelling test on Wednesday.
  • Last week's tests will go home on Friday.
  • 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 Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday nights. Homework is listed in the agenda books! 
  • Report cards go out next Thursday, October 22nd. Please sign and return as soon as possible.
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  • OIS is having our annual Candy Crash on Tuesday, October 27th 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!







  • Sunday, October 4, 2015

    October 5-9

    Open House Tuesday night, October 6th from 5:30-6:30.
    BOOK FAIR WEEK! Send money to purchase some terrific books!
    NO school next Monday and Tuesday, October 12th and 13th.
    Field Trip is next Wednesday, October 14th. Don't forget to pack a lunch if you didn't order 1 from the lunch room.
  • 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 vocabulary words are fret, proclaimed, assured, outlandish, nudged, and ruckus.
  • This week's spelling words are suppose, hurricane, ballad, bellow, success, appeal, announcer, tissue, excellent, terrific, collect, slippery, common, arrange, suffer, follow, kennel, squirrel, message, and summary.
  • This week's grammar skill is compound sentences and titles.
  • We are working on Week 8 in social studies this week. 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 reading vocabulary homework on Monday night and reading story questions homework that is due on Friday!
  • Your child has spelling homework on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights.

  • Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc. This is a GREAT group of kids! 
  • Let me know if you need me in any way!