Week of September 23-27

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!
Please continue to turn in your magazine sales!
Johnny Appleseed day is on Thursday, September 26. Students need to bring one PEELED, CORED, and SLICED apple to school in a baggie. We will be making apple sauce in class to eat. If you would like to donate small bowls, spoons, or 100% apple juice boxes for that day that would be greatly appreciated!!! (19 of each)

Math
We have finished with Chapter 1 and we will start with chapter 2: Addition. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts at home.

Spelling
We will be on List 5 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

Reading
We will be starting book buddies this week while continuing our Daily 5 study. Students will be paired up with each other and reading a leveled book. During work on writing, students will be working on a comprehension activity as well as a project that corresponds with their book.

English
We finished our first English Unit! We will now be starting a writing project. It is called “Me Bag”. Students will go home and find three items that represent themselves. In class we will be writing a 5 paragraph essay about how those items represent them. Then the students will read their essay to the class for a grade.

Social Studies

We will continue studying continents and oceans. The quiz over continents and oceans will be Thursday 9-26.

Science
We will continue to focus on Chapter 4 lesson 2: Ecosystems.

Have a great weekend!