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.