Week of 9/30/13 - 10/4/13

We had a wonderful celebration for Johnny Appleseed's birthday! Thank you to Luke's family for donating the bowls and spoons for our applesauce and Natalie's and Gabby's families for the apple juice boxes. The generosity of our PV families is heartwarming!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: We will be taking a pretest on LESSON 6 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 of the regular spelling words. 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 will be presenting our “Me Bags” this week and then starting our next English chapter on Nouns. Be ready for a new Schoolhouse Rock video!!

Reading: We will be reading The Balad of Mulan in our reading books. Inferencing is the skill we will practice with this story. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Social Studies: There will be a quiz on the continents and oceans on Monday. Please know that there will be a word bank included on the quiz. Students DO NOT have to memorize the spellings of the continents and oceans, but they will have to locate them on a map.

Science: Chapter 4, Ecosystems. Lesson 3 will be read and discussed. On Friday, we will have a “graded lesson review.” Students will be allowed to use their textbooks and any notes we take on this lesson. Remember, the textbook is on line!!!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We've begun Chapter 1 on the addition properties and will have a short “check your progress” quiz on Wednesday on Lessons 1-4. Students may use their books and flashcards to help them with this quiz. A quiz on Lessons 4-7 is tentatively planned for Monday, 10/7.

Important Dates:

9/27 – 9/29 – Cozzi Corner fundraiser

10/17 – Book Fair

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza