This week is
Halloween! It is a very exciting week,
but we still have lots of learning to do.
We will continue with our Native American unit, finish up learning about
verbs, and keep working on our writing.
For shared reading we will be trying to solve a mystery.
The Halloween parade is
on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 9:00. Our party
is at 2:30. If you do not want your
child in their costume all day have them bring a change of clothes. We will be having lots of fun that day. I appreciate all our parents for helping out
with the party!
Our spelling this week
is a little different. I have a fun
Halloween game with homophones so I thought it would be fun to have them as our
spelling words. There are only 15 we use
in the game and I thought that might work better since so many of you will have
a difficult time studying Wednesday night.
Remember to schedule
your time for parent teacher conferences this week. We will be doing a few on Monday and Tuesday
night, Wednesday night, and all day on Thursday as well as Thursday night.
In the computer lab the
students have been playing multiplication games on the website: http://www.multiplication.com. They love the games and it is great practice.
Spelling
for September 10-29 to
11-2:
witch
which
would
wood
hole
whole
there
their
they’re
threw
through
write
right
hear
here
Words are on spellingcity.com
under Halloween Homophones
if you want to practice there.
Words will also be written in their planners.
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UTIPS
Homework:
I have put two tests (remember they are not
real tests) online for this week. Please sit with your child and work with
them on the homework.
Tests are:
Rounding
nearest 100
And
Informational
Text 1
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Keyboarding
Help:
The school has used a free internet program
called Dance Mat typing. It is not my
favorite, but it is a good start. I
will continue to look for more free programs.
bbc.co.uk/schools/typing
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Reading
Days:
So far I have many of you recording your
reading minutes on the google.doc that the Weilands set up. It seems to be working well for those of
you using it. If you do not want to do
it that way, please remember to email me and let me know and I will send you
the attachment of the note needed to turn in your minutes. I have only heard from a few of you so I
will expect the rest to use the google.doc account.
Your
child needs to read 20 minutes or more to count as a day.
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