January 7-11

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break. Thanks so much for all of the wonderful Christmas gifts.     ******Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse when they return. Remember students are only allowed 10 parent excuses for the WHOLE year. After 10 parent excuses, students will not be allowed to make up ANY missed work or tests.  

This week's story is Any Small Goodness.

This week's vocabulary words are

gouges: a deep cut or dent into something
desolate: a lonely and sad person

bustles: moving about in a busy, energetic way
fervor: speaking with great emotion and strong belief
immaculate: extremely clean and tidy
assuage: to make guilt less painful and troubling

This week's focus skill is imagery.

This week's grammar skill is subject verb agreement.

Homework goes home on Monday, January 7th and is due on Friday, January 11th. Remember homework is optional, but if correct, bonus points will be rewarded. For the rest of the year, I will only be sending home the homework with the students who tell me they plan on doing it. I am losing dozens of copies of homework that these students are taking, not completing, and not returning my copy. 

• There will be a reading test on Friday, January 11th. It will consist of comprehension questions and vocabulary sentences from this week's story. It will also contain a poem and 4 imagery questions. The students will also complete an imagery chart that will be provided for them on Monday the 7th. Please make sure your child is studying this information. . 
• 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:
Report Cards go home on Monday, January 7th. Please review, sign, and return the report cards by Friday, January 11th.

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.


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.