October 1-5

This is Review Week. No reading story or vocabulary words.

This week's focus skill is again author's purpose and perspective.

This week's grammar skill is Greek and Latin word parts. There will be a grammar quiz on Thursday.

Homework goes home on Tuesday of this week. I will be out on Monday for jury duty. Remember homework is optical, but I grade it for bonus points.

There will be a spelling test on Friday, October 5. The spelling words are astronomy, astronaut, chronic, chronological, chronicle, cyclical, cyclone, hydrant, hydrate, optical, optician, tractor, attract, rupture, interrupt, erupt, audible, audio, dictate, and verdict.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage and question set.

Last week's tests go home on Tuesday.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up:

Monday-Friday: October 1-5 Book Fair

Monday-Wednesday: October 8-10 Fall Break
Reports Go Home on October 15th; please review, sign, and return by Friday the 19th
PLEASE start sending in bags on candy for Candy Crash!

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

September 24-28

This week's story is Interrupted Journey.

This week's vocabulary words are

vital: necessary for life
sleek: smooth
basking: animals exposed to the sun's warmth
analyzing: studying
detect: noticed or discovered 
damage: harmed or injured

This week's focus skill is author's purpose and perspective.

This week's grammar skill is Greek and Latin word parts. There will be a spelling test on Friday, October 5.

The spelling words are astronomy, astronaut, chronic, chronological, chronicle, cyclical, cyclone, hydrant, hydrate, optical, optician, tractor, attract, rupture, interrupt, erupt, audible, audio, dictate, and verdict.

Reading homework goes home on Monday. It is not required but I grade a portion of this homework for bonus points; so please make sure it is answered correctly and your child uses their reading story to find those answers.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage and question set including author's purpose and perspective and Greek and Latin word parts, comprehension questions about this week's story, and vocabulary sentences.

Last week's tests go home on Tuesday.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

 

Wednesday, September 26th Picture Day
Mums will be delivered on Thursday, September 27th

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are: 

andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)

tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)

tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)
Our websites are available through the school's website.

 

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

 

 

 

 

September 17-21

This week is review week. No reading story. We will be doing activities to reinforce the reading standard.

This week's reading standard to review is Cause and Effect.

This week's grammar skill to review is homographs.

 Reading homework goes home on Monday. It is not due until Friday. Reading homework is not required, but bonus points are rewarded if the ones I choose to grade are correct.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage that includes cause and effect and homograph questions.

Last week's tests will go home on Tuesday.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

• Special Snack: Wednesday, September 19th. Everything is $1.00!
• Wear Blue on Thursday, September 20th for Alopecia Awareness!
• Wear House Colors on Friday, September 21st!
• INow passwords went home last week. If you did not receive the slip stapled to the progress report, Mrs. Cooper, in the office, said to email her and request the password. Her email address is staci.cooper@sccboe.org

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

September 10-14

This week's story is Stormalong. 

This week's reading standard is Cause and Effect. 

This week's vocabulary words are...

reputation: what a person is known for
yearning: a great desire that one has
escapades: reckless adventures
bellowing: loud pitched sound showing distress
betrayed: to let someone down that trusted you
outcast: rejected by others
withered: dried up
unfathomable: unable to understand

This week's grammar skill is homographs.

Reading homework goes home on Monday. It is not due until Friday. Homework is not required, but students receive bonus points to the weekly test grade if answers are correct.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage and question set including cause and effect questions and homograph questions, comprehension questions about this week's story, and vocabulary sentences.

Last week's tests will go home on Tuesday.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, homework, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Also talk with your child about filling in their agenda books in all 4 classes. It is the student's responsibility to fill in their own agenda book. My assignments and school information is posted in the front of the room by the classroom door.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

• DARE begins this week.
• Progress Reports go home Monday, September 10. Please review, sign, and return by Friday the 14th.
• Saints tshirt orders and money is due Wednesday, September 12th.

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.

September 3-7

Hope you all enjoyed your Labor Day weekend.

This week is review week. No reading story. No vocabulary words. We will be doing activities to reinforce the reading standard.

This week's reading standard to review is Text Structure: Sequence.

This week's grammar skill to review is Context Clues.

 Reading homework goes home on Tuesday. It is not due until Friday. There is an explanation slip attached to the homework. Your child CAN write on the sequencing chart. Homework is not required, (only bonus points rewarded) but it would be nice to have as many timelines completed to display at open house.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of 2 cold read passages that include sequencing and context clues questions.

Last week's tests will go home on Wednesday.

If your child makes a D (60-69) or an F (59 and below), please sign the test and return it by Friday.  

Please continue to talk with your child about their school work, conduct, notes from the school/teachers, etc.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

• Special Snack: Wednesday, September 5th. Everything is $1.00.
• Thursday, September 6th:
• Title 1 Parent Meeting/PTO Meeting Morning Session @ 8:45 a.m.
• Vocabulary Parade @ 9:15 a.m.
• Kona Ice Truck following vocabulary parade
• Grandparents' Lunch @ 11:40 for 5th grade. Lunch is $4.00 for adults. Cash Only.
• Title 1 Parent Meeting Afternoon Session @ 5:30-6:00 p.m. (Free Popcorn)
• INow passwords will go home with Progress Reports on Monday, September 10th. Please review, sign, and return progress reports by Friday, September 14th.
• T-shirt Sale now through September 12th (order forms went home last week)

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Thanks to everyone who has already sent them in.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             tammy.short@sccboe.org   (science)
             laura.allen@sccboe.org  (social studies)

Our websites are available through the school's website.

Any questions, please ask. Looking forward to another GREAT week of learning.