I cannot believe November is already here!
Scholastic Book Orders are due on tomorrow. {Monday, November 4}
Our field trip to the Pumpkin Patch is finally here! Children need to wear jeans and tennis shoes and I will send an e-mail letting your know what color shirt they will need to wear. If you plan to be a chaperone and want to take your child with you after the field trip, I will have a sign-up sheet for you. :)
Thanks so much Wendy Cayer for putting together a class directory. A new policy does not allow for party invitations to be handed out at school, even if the entire class is invited so please use this to mail out any birthday invitations!
IMPORTANT READING INFORMATION: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
I will be sending home usernames and passwords this week for you to access www.pearsonsuccess.net at home. You will press login and enter your child’s username and password. We have begun our weekly Friday testing on the computer. The computer automatically gives them a score and targets the skills they missed by assigning them activities that can be done at home. We do not have enough time nor do we have enough computers so please take advantage of this at home to help reinforce any skills being missed in class.
Everyone is taking the test on the computer. However, we realize this is a learned and practiced skill, so anyone who scores below an A will be given an opportunity to take the same test on paper. The higher score is taken and entered into INOW for their final major grade. In signed papers, if your child made an A on the computer test you will receive a slip of paper with your child’s score written on it. If your child had to take the test again on paper, you will receive the paper test with their grade at the top like normal. I hope this makes sense. Believe me, this is sooo very new for us too and we are trying our best to make this simple and fair without overwhelming you or your child while keeping you informed!!!
Reading ~ This weeks story is A Fox and A Kit. It focuses on ending ~s and ~ing. Please use the homework sheet in your child’s folder to review the story {10 sentences on the front} and the decodable words on the back for fluency.
Genre ~ Literary Fiction
Comprehension ~ character, plot {beginning, middle, end}, setting, main idea and important details
Amazing Words ~ observe, parent, wild, canopy, screech, million, reserve, and native
Word Wall Words ~ eat, five, four, her, too
Spelling Words ~ sit, sits, win, wins, fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, naps, her, too
The spelling test this Friday will count as a major grade.
Language ~ We will continue reviewing nouns, verbs, adjectives, complete sentences, and identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. This week the children will be introduced to declarative sentences. A declarative sentence is a statement and ends with a period. The daily fix-it sentences for this Friday will count as a major language grade.
Math ~ We will begin Ch. 5 this week. Children will learn how addition and subtraction facts are related. Please look in your child’s folder for math homework to help reinforce the taught skills at home. :)
IMPORTANT DATES:
11/5 ~ Nancy’s Italian Ice $1.00
11/6 ~ PTA meeting at 6:00
11/7 ~ Field Trip/Signed Papers
11/11 ~ Veteran’s Day {No School}
11/13 ~ Spirit Night at Zaxby’s
11/14 ~ Progress Reports
11/25 – 11/29 ~ Thanksgiving Holidays {No School}
Please contact me with any questions or concerns! ~ Kristin
