Weekly Update

Good evening,

Students had a half day last Friday because teachers were finalizing grades and preparing report cards. This year, Lindbergh is e-mailing report cards to parents instead of printing paper copies. You will receive your child's report card by e-mail this week!   If you have any questions about this, please feel free to ask Lynn Bilyeu or myself!

Here is what we are learning about this week:

Writing: Revising personal narratives (we are finishing up this unit by Halloween)
Reading: Summarizing/Inferring with fiction; identifying story elements, problem and solution
Spelling: Beginning new word sorts 
Math: Chapter 6: Adding/Subtracting money, making change from $5.00, identifying coins/ bills
Science: Ecosystems

Important Reminders:
*This week is Red Ribbon Week. To celebrate, students are invited to participate in the following activities:

Red Ribbon Week:

October 21-Sock It To Drugs...wear crazy, unmatching socks.

October 22-Give Drugs The Slip Day...wear slippers to school

October 23-Put A Cap On Drugs...wear a hat.

October 24-Turn Your Back On Drugs...wear shirt backwards.

October 25– Red Day

Other Reminders: 

***Since report cards are coming out this week, I will not be doing progress reports until after conferences. 

 If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you!

Weekly Update

Good evening,

I am busy getting grades ready for report cards, so I will make this a short post! The end of first quarter is this Friday, October 18. School will be dismissed at 11:50 and no lunch will be served. With that being said, there is a Social Studies test on Wednesday and a Chapter 5 math test (Subtraction) this Friday. Students have had the same spelling words for a few weeks so we all felt ready to take the test this week also. Since we have tests this week and I am working on final grades, there will NOT be a progress report coming home this week.

Report cards will be e-mailed to you sometime on September 24 or 25th. In the past you have not received them until conferences, but now you will have them before hand. Keep in mind our conferences are the last week of October and I will be discussing your child's progress with you at that time. If you have not signed up for a conference, please do so immediately. If you need help, please let me know!

Here is what we are learning about this week:

Reading: Wondering/questioning, sequencing, cause and effect in non-fiction
Writing: personal narratives (developing the heart of the story)
Spelling: all groups will take tests this week
Math: Reviewing subtraction, chapter 5, TEST will be Friday, October 18
Social Studies: finishing group projects, reviewing continents, land forms and communities. Please review the study guide in the binder. TEST will be Wednesday, October 16.

Thanks and have a great week!

Weekly Update

Important note about upcoming parent teacher conferences: 

     On Monday you will be receiving an e-mail from a website called Sign Up Genius asking you to sign up for parent teacher conferences. These conferences will take place on Monday, October 28 from 3:30-7:30 and on Wednesday, October 30 from 3:30-7:30. You will need to follow the link and instructions in order to sign up for one, 15 minute conference time. If you have never set up an account or used Sign Up Genius in the past, you will be asked to set up an account/password before you will be able to sign up for a conference. If you have trouble with this process in anyway, please contact me. I know most of you were here at Long last year, so you will just need to follow the link and sign up for the time that works best for you. Lastly, if you would like for Mrs. Ferguson, Ms. Behnen or Mrs. Wigger to be present at our conference, please let me know so I can contact them for availability. You can always meet with them separately if that works better for you. Thank you! 

Here is what we are learning about this week:

Writing: Continuing narrative unit, focusing on leads, revising by exploring what real author's do, being a storyteller and not a reporter

Reading: wondering/questioning, sequence and cause/effect 

Spelling: last week of activities before tests (all will be the following week)

Math: take October math evaluate test, begin Ch. 5, Subtraction concepts 

Social Studies: comparing/contrasting urban, rural and suburban communities

Upcoming events:

1. Friday, October 11 is Ability Awareness Day. Students learn about people and types of disabilities but focus on what they are able to do. Last year, the topics that were discussed were visual impairments, autism and guide dogs. I have not heard what the topics are this year but assume they are similar.  This event is roughly two hours. I will take pictures and post them to the blog. Be sure to ask your child about what they learned from the presentations! 
2. Friday, October 18 is an early release day because it is already the end of first quarter!  School is dismissed at 11:50 AM so teachers have the rest of the afternoon to work on report cards. 

Please be sure to sign and return last week's progress report and your child's writing sample. I really appreciate your cooperation. Thank you and if you have any questions, please let me know. 

Weekly Update

Good evening,

Here is what we are learning about this week:

Math: Ch. 4, Addition Concepts (Test will be Friday, 10/4/13)

Reading: Visualizing while reading, sequencing

Writing: storytelling and not summarizing in our personal narratives

Spelling: Continuing daily activities, will write test dates on calendar and highlight when they are final dates. 

Social Studies: continents, oceans, communities 

Important Reminders: 

*If you are in need of a lunch calendar for October, please let me know. My copy was for breakfast only so I wanted to check and make sure everyone has the correct calendar. 

*Please send in all fundraiser packets with money and order forms as soon as possible. 

*Early next week, an e-mail from a website called SIGN UP GENIUS will be sent to you so you are able to sign up for Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences. More information about this will follow, just wanted to make you aware. 

*A progress report will come home this week. Please sign and return it! Thank you! 

I hope you have a great week! Thank you.