Week of 1/4/10 - 1/8/10

I'd like to thank the PTO for providing us with a wonderful lunch on Wednesday and a fabulous appetizer spread on Thursday for the cookie exchange. Also, thank you to all the parents who baked cookies and provided those wonderful appetizers for the cookie exchange. My family was thrilled with all the delicious treats I brought home.

I wish you all a wonderful holiday season – stay safe and enjoy your families; I will be enjoying mine!

Please be advised of the following important announcement from the office: as of January 4, 2010 there will be a price increase in the student hot lunch program. The price of hot lunch will be $2.50 per meal.

Coming up the week after the holiday break (Jan. 4 – Jan. 9):

Spelling: Lesson 14, more prefixes and roots/pretest Monday; test Friday.

Reading: We start a new reading skill this week, clarifying. We will start with the short story entitled Volcanoes. At the end of the week, we should be ready to begin our novel, Toliver's Secret. This novel, set during the American Revolution, ties in nicely with our current social studies unit.

Language Arts: We'll continue our verbs unit with present, past, and future tenses.

Social Studies: We will begin Chapter 8, "The Road to War," this week. There are some problems in the colonies regarding taxes. War is on the horizon. This is the start of some very exciting social studies lessons!

Science: Lesson 3 will be concluded this week and I have a tentative Chapter 6 test set for 1/13.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

Our plan is to start Chapter 11 this week which involves divisibility rules, finding multiples, and LCM (least common multiple.)

Important Notes:
12/18 – Winter Break begins at 2:25!!
1/18 – Martin Luther King's birthday, no school

Have a great holiday break! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 12/14/09 - 12/18/09

I'm happy to say that our adopted family received lots of wonderful gifts from our class. They will be very happy on Christmas morning! Can you believe that we are entering the final week before Christmas break? It is also the last school week of 2009. And what a wonderful week it will be...

Coming up this week:

Spelling: The words this week will be holiday words. There will not be a lesson from the spelling book and no pretest; we will be doing a word search and writing sentences using those words.

Reading: After editing our extended responses and writing our final copies for Eye of the Storm, we will take a ride on The Polar Express. There will be activities that go along with the book.

Language Arts:
We'll continue our verbs unit with helping verbs and linking verbs.

Social Studies: After finishing up lesson 3 on Monday and Tuesday, we will review on Wednesday with a Chapter 7 test on 12/17.

Science: We will reread Lesson 2 of Chapter 6 on Monday and have an open book assessment on Tuesday. This week we will also watch a US Streaming video on the rebirth of a forest.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
Since we won't have math the latter part of the week, I'd rather not start the next chapter until we return from holiday break. We will do ISAT practice and throw in some other fun activities, also.

Important Notes:
12/14 – Cadet band concert and Choir at LV 7:00
12/17 – Bowling trip in a.m. (snack bar will be open – please do not sent too much money with your child :)
12/18 – Cadet band concert and Choir at PV in the a.m.
12/18 – Tivoli outing to see Unaccompanied Minors
12/18 – Winter Break begins at 2:25!!

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 12/7/09 - 12/11/09

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. It's time to start decorating for the next big holiday! It was a pleasure getting to know you all better at conferences and finding out how we can work together to make the school year a success for your child.

Also, please don't forget our adopted family. We will only be collecting gifts until Tuesday. Canned goods for the Lions Club will be collected through 12/11.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 13 – negative prefixes -- Test Friday

Reading: We will continue our current reading skill, self-questioning, this week. We have read Eye of the Storm and will answer some comprehension questions. The students will also write 10 true and false questions using the text and have them answered by a classmate. Our reading party will occur on Monday. We will watch the movie Wall-E and have some healthy treats.

Language Arts: We will start our Verbs unit with a School House Rock video. Action verbs and direct objects will be studied this week.

Social Studies: After reading about the Spanish settlers in the southwest and Florida, this week we will focus on the French and their explorations down the Mississippi River. We will then study the French and Indian War. I'd like to wrap this chapter up with a test on 12/17.

Science: We read The Great Fuzz Frenzy and began the adaptations project. Ask your child about it! On Tuesday, we will read Wolf Island. An open book quiz on Lesson 1 will occur on Wednesday and we will then begin to read and discuss Lesson 2.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We'll start the week off with a pretest followed by a test on Chapter 6 on Tuesday. The rest of the week will find our class in the computer lab and back in the classroom working on various math concepts.

Important Notes:

12/4 -- P/T Conferences -- No School
12/14 – Cadet band concert and Choir at LV 7:00
12/17 – Bowling trip in a.m.
12/18 – Cadet band concert and Choir at PV in the a.m.
12/18 – Tivoli outing
12/18 – Winter Break begins at 2:25!!

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 11/30/09 - 12/4/09

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday. I look forward to meeting with my homeroom parents the week of November 30. If you have a problem keeping your conference, please let me know as soon as possible. I only have 15 minutes per conference and I want to be able to meet with everyone on a timely basis. Lastly, if you happen to be shopping during this busy holiday weekend, please consider buying a little something for our adopted family. Thank you!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 12 – the suffix -ous. Test Thursday!

Reading: We will begin our next reading skill, self-questioning, this week. We have some weather related stories on the horizon, namely, Hurricanes, and Eye of the Storm.

Language Arts: We've been working on extended response writing and will work on our narrative skills by beginning our “About Me Front Page.” This is a project the fifth grade has always done in the spring, but this year, we are starting it early and doing it a little at a time.

Social Studies: Chapter 7 is our next chapter, “The Fight for a Continent.” We will mostly focus on Lesson 1 this week, “The Spanish Move North.” The colonists are now dealing with Spain along with Great Britain.

Science: This week we will study symbiosis and prediator/prey relationships. At the end of the week, The Great Fuzz Frenzy will be read and discussed and a project will be assigned to the students regarding adaptation.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We continue with our adding and subtracting of decimals this week. Thursday we will review with stations around the classroom. I am looking at a test date of 12/8. Keep in mind that this chapter consists of only 5 lessons.

Important Notes:
11/25 – 11/27 Thanksgiving holiday
12/1 -- Report Cards
11/30 to 12/2 – Conferences
12/4 -- P/T Conferences -- No School

Have a great holiday weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 11/23/09 - 11/27/09

Next week will be short and sweet with a wonderful holiday at the end! Just a reminder that yearbook orders are due on or before 12/1. Tivoli permission slips and money are due on or before 12/3. Lastly, please check your child's binder about our adopted family for Christmas. There are two informative letters that describe the situation and what types of gifts we are looking for. Keep in mind that the gifts can be brought in any time between now and 12/8.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Short week – no spelling words!

Reading: We finish inferencing this week with an extended response on A Boy Called Slow. I will be introducing the new book report format for our Dig into a Good Book program.

Language Arts: We took our Nouns test today and will not start the next chapter for a week or two. Instead we will focus on writing.

Social Studies: Our test is Tuesday on Chapter 6. Please remember to sign the “How to Study” sheet after your child has studied for this test. This will be the last "How to Study" we do in the fifth grade. I typically only use these for 1st trimester.

Science: We continue to monitor our lima beans and observe their progress. We will begin Lesson 2 of Chapter 6 after the holiday.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We will get through Lesson 2 this week which involves adding and subtracting decimals. Tuesday we will have some fun with Thanksgiving math worksheets.

Important Notes:
11/25 – 11/27 Thanksgiving holiday
12/1 -- Report Cards
11/30 to 12/2 – Conferences
12/4 -- P/T Conferences -- No School

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 11/16/09 - 11/20/09

What a crazy week it was with Veteran's Day off; I felt like we had two short weeks! Please get your conference confirmations in as soon as possible. I will be meeting with my homeroom parents in just a couple of weeks; I look forward to it!

Here is some important information regarding yearbooks:

YEARBOOK: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $10.00 and the deadline for your orders is Tuesday, December 1, 2009. No orders will be accepted after that date. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. If you have multiple students, please fill out one for each child. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 12th. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $10.00. It is very important that you put the information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is.

Just another reminder that our picture retake day is Thursday, November 19th. Mark your calendars if you are unhappy with your child's picture or if your child was not here the day they were taken.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Thanksgiving words – no pretest. Test Friday.

Reading: We continue inferencing this week and will read the story Chief Joseph to help us perfect this skill. Our reading incentive program, Dig into a Good Book, ends this week for the first trimester! Many students still owe me book reports, so I suggest they spend this weekend reading!! There will be new activities introduced for Trimester 2.

Language Arts: This is the week we finish up our nouns chapter with lots of reviewing. Look for a “How to Study” sheet which will be coming home mid-week. Our test for Chapter 2 will be on Friday.

Social Studies: Our circle books are due Monday and then we will begin Lesson 4 entitled “Slavery in the Colonies.” I plan to get the Chapter 6 test in before the Thanksgiving break on 11/24.

Science: Rather than plunge in to Chapter 6, I'd like to try an activity this week growing lima bean seeds without any soil. Our observation skills will be used as we watch the growth process.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

We have finished our very short chapter on decimal place value and after reviewing both Monday and Tuesday, I have planned a test for Wednesday. We will then begin Chapter 6, adding and subtracting decimals.

Important Notes:
11/19 – Picture retakes
11/25 – 11/27 Thanksgiving holiday
12/1 -- Report Cards
11/30 to 12/2 – Conferences
12/4 -- P/T Conferences -- No School

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 11/9/09 - 11/13/09

Another full week has come and gone and we ended it with a trip to the Robert Crown Center for our “Michael and Linda” presentation. I happened to sit with the girls and they were wonderful! I heard the boys were equally fantastic!! I was so proud of our fifth graders. Your child will have a booklet in their backpacks explaining what they learned today. Please ask your child about it! We also had a very successful trade fair on Thursday, which goes along with our social studies curriculum. The children were very creative and the trading was fun to watch. I think it was the most successful trade fair I've had so far!

This Wednesday we celebrate Veteran's Day. My dad (now deceased) fought in World War II and I'll bet you all know a veteran or two; make sure you remember to thank him or her for serving our great country. Just a reminder that our picture retake day is Thursday, November 19th. Mark your calendars if you are unhappy with the picture or if your child was not here the day they were taken.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 11, -ly words. Test Friday.

Reading: This week we will start a new reading skill, inferencing. We will begin with a story entitled A Boy Called Slow from our textbooks. A jigsaw activity will follow where groups of students will answer certain questions and then we will put all our notes together to complete the entire activity.

Language Arts: We are working on nouns this week and will particularly focus on finding nouns in text. We will also study singular possessive nouns. I have a tentative test date of 11/20.

Social Studies: We have already read Lesson 3 on working and playing in the colonies and will make circle books to help us remember the important stuff!

Science: We have finished our ecosystems unit and will have our test on Tuesday. You should have seen the study guide by now! We will end the week with a Bill Nye video on the wetlands.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:

We will begin to learn about decimals with Chapter 5. We will particularly focus on decimal place value, equivalent decimals, comparing & ordering decimals, and problem solving. I foresee a test on 11/18. This is a short chapter so it won't take us long to get through it.

Important Notes:
11/11 – Veterans Day (no school)

11/12 - Go Roma fundraiser
11/19 – Picture retakes
11/25 – 11/27 Thanksgiving holiday

11/30 - 12/2 Conferences

12/1 - Report Cards

12/4 - P/T Conferences (no school)

Have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 11/2/09 - 11/6/09

Happy Halloween everyone! The new, improved Halloween festivities were awesome! I'd like to thank all those parents who helped organize everything; in our classroom it was Mrs. Gibbons and Mrs. Meyer who handled the activities, and Mrs. Moschetto, Mrs. Laviste, and Mrs. O'Leary who sent in the yummy treats and drinks. The children really enjoyed creating their pumpkin works of art! It's always fun, also, seeing so many parents outside watching our crazy costume parade!!

Our picture retake day has been moved to Thursday, November 19th. Mark your calendars! We will also be hosting Mr. Laviste for Junior Achievement for one last day on Wednesday. Ask your child what he/she learned! Our Robert Crown field trip is this Friday. Please send a lunch with your child that day; there is always a possibility we won't make it back for the hot lunch and “better safe than sorry." Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour this weekend!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 10, Final y words and suffixes. Test Friday.

Reading: We will continue learning about the important reading skill of visualizing by studying tall tales. So far, we have read about Paul Bunyan, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind, and Davy Crockett. Furthermore, the students have been busily creating their own tall tales. We will be sharing those this week.

Language Arts: The students will be starting Unit 2 this week, Nouns. A new Schoolhouse Rock song will be introduced.

Social Studies: Lesson 2 (Cities, Towns, and Farms) will be read and discussed this week. The Trade Fair will take place on Thursday, November 5. Signs should be created and brought in along with the items the students wish to trade.

Science: We plan to finish Chapter 5 this week on ecosystems with a test planned for Tuesday, November 10. There will be a study guide going home on Thursday.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
It is hard to believe we made it through the Algebra chapter with very little bruising :) Our Chapter 4 test will take place on Tuesday. Our next chapter will be on decimals, but we will not be starting until the week of 11/9.

Important Notes:

11/6 - Robert Crown field trip (sack lunch needed)
11/11 – Veterans Day (no school)
11/19 – Picture retakes
11/25 – 11/27 Thanksgiving holiday

Have a great weekend and a safe Halloween! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 10/26/09 - 10/30/09

We have a four-day week coming up and some exciting changes to the typical Halloween party, as you all know. Please make sure your child is planning what his/her pumpkin is going to look like. Items may be brought in from home for decorating purposes. We are not carving them nor are we painting them, but if there is something that might be fun to add, bring it in! Our party moms are ready to go!!

Also, picture retakes are scheduled for Thursday, Nov 5. Pictures should be coming home soon and if you decide to have your child retake the picture, the entire envelope must be returned by that day. Any students that were out sick that day will also be photographed.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Halloween words and activities. No Pretest on Monday. Test Thursday.

Reading: We will continue learning about the important reading skill of visualizing by studying tall tales. We have read Paul Bunyan and will continue this week with John Henry and Sally Ann. The students will also be writing their own tall tales this week.

Language Arts: Since we are going to be focusing on writing tall tales this week, we are taking a break from the text book.

Social Studies: Chapter 6 entitled “Life in the English Colonies” will begin this week. We'll start with “Working and Trading” and I will be introducing the Trade Fair this week. Students will be expected to create an item that they can trade with other classmates. The items should be inexpensive and use materials found at home. Some traded goods I've seen in the past have been bookmarks, bracelets, muffins (healthy, of course,) painted rocks, handmade comic books, etc. We will discuss it in class; look for a permission slip mid-week.

Science: Lesson 2 (Ecosystems) continues... We are a little behind due to the amount of sick kids missing; we will, hopefully, finish up that lesson this week.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
After a much more successful quiz was taken last week, we will continue with Algebra through the week. There are only 3 more lessons left (Functions, Inequalities, and Predict & Test.) We will review Thursday and next Monday with a test planned for Tuesday, 11/3. I've pushed it back so I can catch up my sick kids and give us an extra review day.

Important Notes:

10/28 - Robert Crown parents' meeting at PV @ 6:30

10/29 – Halloween celebrations
10/30 – Teacher's Institute (no school)
11/6 - Robert Crown field trip (sack lunch needed)
11/11 – Veterans Day (no school)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 10/19/09 - 10/23/09

Autumn is surely upon us. There is a nip in the air and the trees are doing their thing, impressing us with their glorious colors. I am hoping next week will be warmer and the children will be able to go outside for recess!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 8, Review Lesson/No Pretest on Monday. Test Friday.

Reading: The students should be handing in their Kid in the Red Jacket book projects first thing Monday morning. Several students have already handed theirs in. We will work on summarizing through Wednesday and start our next reading skill, visualizing, on Thursday. Tall Tales will be read and the students will eventually be writing their own tall tale. We'll start with Paul Bunyon.

Language Arts: We are still on track for a test on Wednesday. A review page will be given on Monday, corrections made on Tuesday. We will read the book Eats, Shoots, and Leaves later in the week and revisit commas and how important they are when we are reading and writing.

Social Studies: After a very busy week studying Chapter 5, we are going to take a few days off before starting Chapter 6 on Friday. It is entitled “Life in the English Colonies.” Before we get to that chapter, we will read a TFK and complete a worksheet, read a book called Teammates, and discuss bullying.

Science: The Leafy Critters turned out great! I laminated them and will put them up on the bulletin board soon. We will start Lesson 2 this week entitled “How is Energy Passed through an Ecosystem.”

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We are slowly but surely attacking Algebra!! Monday's lesson will involve the properties again. We have already worked with those on Friday. There will be a short, open note quiz on Tuesday. We will then move on to writing and solving equations and functions. I am predicting a test on Chapter 4 occurring on 10/29.

Important Notes:

10/21 – Early dismissal
10/29 – Halloween celebrations
10/30 – Teacher's Institute (no school)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 10/12/09 - 10/16/09

Happy Columbus Day Weekend!
I have noticed that many of my students' binders are chock-full of papers they do not need anymore. Furthermore, there are some important graded assignments that need to be looked at inside the various pockets. Please help your child make a habit of going through their binders every day and pulling out the papers that need to stay home. We are also working very hard to make sure assignments books are filled out properly each day.

On Tuesday, I will be sending home a permission slip for our parent workshop on October 28 and the subsequent Robert Crown field trip on November 6. Oncoming puberty and the human reproductive system will be introduced in a very sensitive way at that time. Please look in those binders for this most important permission slip.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 7, soft and hard G. Test Friday.

Reading: We have finished reading The Kid in the Red Jacket and will be working on a book project this week. Furthermore, there will be a vocabulary quiz on the important words from the novel on Tuesday.

Language Arts: We are studying quotation marks and will use comic strips to help us learn to use them properly early in the week. If your child has a favorite comic stip, please send one in on Tuesday. We will then move on to abbreviations and titles. After reviewing for a couple days, I am planning a Unit 5 test on Wednesday, 10/21.

Social Studies: We have finished the reading of Chapter 5 and will “jigsaw” many of the important aspects of the chapter on Tuesday. After reviewing on Wednesday and Thursday, the students can plan on a chapter test on Friday. Look out for the “How to Study” sheet!

Science: I hope the children go on leaf hunts this weekend! They should be rinsing, drying, and pressing them according to the directions they received yesterday. We will be making leaf animals on Wednesday. I encourage them to look for leaves of all sizes.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We are finished with our short but sweet long division chapter and will move on to Algebra and Chapter 4. This week, we will specifically focus on expressions, equations, and properties. I can already predict a short, open-note quiz on Tuesday, 10/20.

Important Notes:
10/12 – Columbus Day (no school)
10/21 – Early dismissal
10/29 – Halloween celebrations
10/30 – Teacher's Institute (no school)

Have a great, long weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 10/5/09 - 10/9/09

It is getting chilly outside; please remind your child to wear a jacket to school because we do go out for recess if it is not raining. Thank you to all the families that purchased magazines during our magazine drive. We started Junior Achievement this week and the students are learning how to become entrepreneurs. Beth's dad is our JA representative! It's a five week session and we hope to learn a lot about the business world.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 6, Plurals with -es. Test Friday.

Reading: We continue reading The Kid in the Red Jacket. Howard is trying to come to terms with Molly, who is a royal pain. He hurts her feelings in this section of the book but realizes that some people are unlikely friends...

Language Arts: After writing our pyramid poems, we will jump back into the text book and Chapter 5. We will specifically focus on commas in a sentence and interjections. Wow!

Social Studies: After reading about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Rock, we will focus on the thirteen colonies. We will find out how they were sectioned off into three parts: the New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. It will be interesting to find out what each was known for! I'm planning a Chapter 5 test for Friday, 10/16.

Science: This week we focus on ecosystems. The students will have an assignment to search for interesting leaves and dry them out at home. We wil be making something with those leaves... We will also be learning about photosynthesis.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
After a very successful study of chapter 2, we are going to work on three lessons in Chapter 3: dividing by 1 digit divisors, interpreting the remainders, and zeroes in division. After the three lessons are finished, we will have a quiz on Thursday. I strongly urge my students to continue to practice their multiplication facts, since they are an important part of division, also!

Important Notes:
10/12 – Columbus Day (no school)
10/21 – Early dismissal
10/29 – Halloween celebrations
10/30 – Teacher's Institute (no school)

Have a great weekend! Go DGS Mustangs!! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 9/29/09 - 10/2/09

Where did the week go? In the blink of an eye, Friday is here and I am writing my blog. Next week also starts the fabulous month of October. Amazing... Please remember that Tuesday is the last day to turn in magazine orders. They are a great value and help the school tremendously. It is entirely a win-win situation!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 4, Prefixes and roots. Test Friday.

Reading: We have started the novel The Kid in the Red Jacket this week and have met Howard Jeeter. He is a sad boy because he must move from Arizona to Massachusetts just because his dad has a new job. They never even consulted with him! This week, Howard will meet Molly, who is a royal pain, and refers to him as Howard “Jeeper.”

Language Arts: I was very pleased with the results of the Chapter 1 test in English. I can tell there was a lot of studying going on! This week we are skipping ahead to Chapter 5, Capitalization and Punctuation. The students must bring in a picture this week in order to write a pyramid poem. I will explain this on Monday. Furthermore, we will study proper nouns and adjectives.

Social Studies: We continue to read about and discuss Jamestown. The students will be making a Jamestown study guide before we begin Lesson 3, “The First Colonies.”

Science: Our test on the very first Science chapter will be on Wednesday. We will play a review game on Tuesday. I then plan on starting Chapter 5 on energy and ecosystems.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
I am very pleased with the progress the students have made on their mad minutes (2 minutes, actually!) Many have already met their goal. It is so important that they know their multiplication facts, especially since we are doing multi-digit multiplication. I have included some websites your child might want to visit to practice their facts using e-flash cards. There will be a quiz on Lessons 4-6 on Tuesday followed by a Chapter 2 test on Thursday. The students may use their notes on Tuesday, but not on Thursday.

http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html

http://www.aplusmath.com/flashcards/multiplication.html

http://www.primarygames.com/flashcards/multiplication/multiplyflash.htm

Important Notes:
9/29 – Last day to turn in magazine orders
10/12 – Columbus Day (no school)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 9/21/09 - 9/25/09

I'm happy to report we had a very busy and productive week. The students took their first social studies test (and lived to tell about it) and a science quiz. Please make sure to check your child's grades from time to time and email me if you ever have a question or concern.

Your child will be bringing home a flyer from one of our librarians, Mrs. Walsh-Rock, about a program for 5th graders called "Lunch in the Library." I encourage my students to give it a try!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 4, Prefixes and base words. Test Friday.

Reading: After being introduced to summarizing, we began reading Elena from our textbooks. It takes place in the early 1900's in Mexico during the revolution. We will finish the story early this week and complete an assessment on Wednesday. On Thursday, we will start our novel The Kid in the Red Jacket. Summaries will be written for each chapter. The students must remember to include only the most important parts of the chapter and not the details.

Language Arts: We finished Chapter 1”The Sentence” and will review Monday-Wednesday. Our test will be on Thursday. A “How to Study” sheet will go home on Tuesday.

Social Studies: We will begin Chapter 5 this week “The Struggle to Found Colonies.” We will try to solve the mystery of Roanoke. After we solve that mystery, we will begin the study of Jamestown.

Science: We will read and take notes on Lesson 3 which discusses the scientific method. I have a test on the three lessons planned for Wednesday, September 30.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:
We've begun our chapter on multiplication and each day we are taking timed tests on “mixes.” The students have each set their own personal goals. Some wish to complete the whole sheet in the required 2 minutes. Others hope to get half of it completed. We'll see how they do... I am giving a quiz on Lessons 1-3 on Tuesday. We will then continue a few more lessons with another quiz planned for Tuesday the 29th on Lessons 4-6. A test will follow on Thursday, October 1.

Important Notes:
9/22 – Early Dismissal
9/22 – Magazine turn-in day
9/24 – Magazine turn-in day

9/29 - Magazine turn-in day
10/12 – Columbus Day (no school)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza