Week of 9/24/12 - 9/28/12

Johnny Appleseed's birthday is on Wednesday, September 26.  Two of our parents have graciously volunteered to bring in juice boxes, bowls, and spoons. Thank you! Don't forget the send in the cored, peeled, sliced apple on Wednesday.

Picture day is Thursday. Large flyers are going home today with collection envelopes. Send them in before Thursday if you want to purchase pictures.

Friday is an early dismissal day. Our dismissal time is 11:00.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: This week, we will be taking a pretest on LESSON 5 on Monday.  The cursive worksheet is homework on Monday. On Tuesday, depending on what group your child is in (challenge or non-challenge) the homework will either be 2 challenge activities or ABC order and 2 workbook pages. The homework assigned on Tuesday will be due on Thursday.  The final test is on Friday. The students will only be tested on the regular spelling words; challenge words will not be tested.

English: We have completed chapter 1 on The Sentence. Look for the graded test on Monday. There will be a DOL quiz on Friday. The study guide will come home on Tuesday. Then we will begin a project called The Me Bag.  Directions will be coming home about this project on Monday.

Reading: Parents, your child has a MAP test goal worksheet in their reading pocket.  This paper will remain in their reading pocket for the duration of the year.  I've indicated your child's recent reading MAP score as well as their Lexile level on this worksheet.  The Lexile level is one way of leveling books according to difficulty.  When looking for a "good-fit-book" for your child, it might be helpful to log onto www.lexile.com to enter the title of the book.  This website will provide you with the lexile level of many books.  On Tuesday, students will be tested on the current story we are reading The Lost and Found which is in their volume 1 reading book here at school.  This is an open book test.  Students can take this book home at any time and return it to school the next day.  They also have a vocabulary test on this selection on Thursday.  We will continue working on sequencing and summarizing.

You may start sending in your completed September reading calendars at any time!

Social Studies: I am going to incorporate some social studies lessons into this week - we will begin discussing continents and oceans.

Science: There will be a graded lesson review on Tuesday. I will work with the students to find all the corresponding page numbers for each question. They will then find the answers using their text books.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: The Chapter 1 tests went home today. You can find them in the back of your child's binder in the “Keep at Home” pocket. We will be starting Chapter 2 on Monday. The chapter includes comparing, ordering, and rounding numbers. Just a few things coming up: a graded “checkpoint” will be on Wednesday on the first 2 lessons, another will follow on Tuesday, 10/2, on lessons 4 & 5. A tentative test date for Chapter 2 is 10/4; however, that can change as I watch the progress in math class. Thank you for being so flexible!

Important Dates:

9/26/12 – Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

9/27/12 – Picture Day

9/28/12 – School Improvement Day, early dismissal (11:00 PV)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza