September 30-October 4

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.

This is the 1st 9 weeks' spelling words: unsuccessful, undoubtedly, enjoyable, disloyalty, disconnected, unreadable, replacement, unsafely, uncollectible, unhelpful, impassible, encouragement, disrespectful, unselfishly, rearrangement, discoverable, dishonestly, unbreakable, reappearance, unlikable. This spelling test is Friday, October 11th. The students have 2 weeks to study.

 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 cold read passages that include 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.

ALSO, PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD CLEAN OUT THEIR TAKE HOME FOLDERS AND TRAPPER KEEPERS. SOME STUDENTS STILL HAVE WORK IN THEM SINCE 4TH GRADE!!!!

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

• Book Fair: September 30th-October 4th.
• Fall Picture Day: Monday, October 7th.

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. The supply kits provided them.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse within 3 days of them returning.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             allison.chambers@sccboe.org   (science)
             christina.bruce@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 23-27, 2019

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.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Up Soon:

• Progress Reports went home Friday, September 20th. Please review, sign, and return by Wednesday the 25th.
• Special Snack: Wednesday, September 25th
• Book Fair: September 30th-October 4th.
• Fall Picture Day: Monday, October 7th.

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. The supply kits provided them.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse within 3 days of them returning.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             allison.chambers@sccboe.org   (science)
             christina.bruce@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 16-20

 

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 Monday. It is not due until Thursday. There is an explanation slip attached to the homework. Your child CAN write on the sequencing timeline chart. Homework is not required, (only bonus points rewarded) but it would be nice to have as many timelines completed to display.

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

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:

• INow passwords went home last week. 
• Kona Ice: Thursday, September 19th
• Homecoming Dress Up week note went home last week also.
• Monday: Favorite College team tshirt
• Tuesday: 80s attire
• Wednesday: Dress up as Twins.
• Thursday: Color War. 5th Grade wears BLACK.
• Friday: Saints attire. School dismisses at 11:30. Progress Reports go home.

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. The supply kits came with headphones.

Remember if your child is absent, I need a parent's or doctor's excuse within 3 days when they return.

Email for your child's teachers are:
             andrea.lovell@sccboe.org    (reading)
             tara.tillman@sccboe.org  (math)
             allison.chambers@sccboe.org   (science)
             christina.bruce@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 9-13

This week's story is When Washington Crossed the Delaware.

This week's focus skill is Text Structure: Sequence.

This week's vocabulary words are

persuading: trying to get someone to agree with your plan or opinion
crucial: something is extremely important
maneuvered: to move or guide something very carefully
encountered: to meet someone unexpectedly
crisis: a situation that suddenly becomes very dangerous or difficult
appealed: to make a request using a lot of feeling
perseverance: trying hard and not giving up
destiny: certain things will happen because they are meant to.

This week's grammar skill is context clues.

 Reading homework went home on Monday, but is not due until Friday. Homework is NOT required, but if correct your child will receive bonus points on their reading tests.

There will be a reading test on Friday. It will consist of a cold read passage with sequencing questions, questions using context clues, comprehension questions about this week's story, and vocabulary sentences.

There was no test last week because of the busy week.    

I will set up a homeroom email distribution list as soon as I receive my homeroom information from the office.

Let me know if you need me in any way!

Coming Soon:

 

Please send to school with your child an inexpensive pair of head phones or ear buds for computer lab. Some of you have already done so and the prepurchased supply kits had them in there.

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

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

September 2-6

Please continue to check your child's take home folder nightly.

If you have any questions please let me know!

Hope you all had a nice Labor Day.

This week's grammar standard is review of idioms.

This week's reading standard is review of conflict, plot, and resolution.

No homework this week because of the short week.

Last week's test go home on Tuesday.

No weekly test because of the busy Thursday and Friday.

• I am still accepting classroom donation of $35.00. Thanks to the parents of Hayden, Emma, Kathryn, Austin, Colt, Michaela, Landon, Kendall, Samantha, Reagan, Jackson, and Dewayne for already sending in the donation..

Coming Up Soon:

• Mums $ due Tuesday, September 3 by 8:00 a.m.
• House Celebration on Thursday, September 5. Ice cream social that afternoon. Items cost $3.00-$6.00
• Vocabulary Parade is Friday, September 6 at 9:00. Grub for Grands immediately following