Week of 10-29-07

Wow! You should be so proud of your kids! They did awesome on their student-led conferences! I hope you enjoyed them and got a little taste of our classroom atmosphere. Your children are very lucky to have you in their lives supporting them. Good job kids!.....and thanks parents for being good listeners! Rachael's mom won the jar guess! Congratulations! The amount was 141 and she guessed 140. Several others were close!

Here is what is on the agenda this week:
Math: Line graphs, venn diagrams, coordinates, and circle graphs, daily math review
Reading: Individual book study - your child has been assigned a book around his/her lexile level, along with comprehension work to go along with it. They will have 2 weeks to finish the book and complete the work. On the 3rd week, instead of 100 minutes of reading homework and fluency book, they will have a book project to do. There will be 12 options to choose from. In the next 2 weeks, I will give them reading time twice a day to work on their story and work, but they may choose to take it home as well.
Spelling: Sounds of "e", there will be enrichment words this week
English: Adjectives(we did not get to this part of speech last week), daily English review, journaling
Science: caves, volcanos, they have a homework assignment tonight- to find 5 signs of weathering and erosion in their neighborhood, they also need to bring a rock to school by Friday

If your child had 5 or 6 freebie tickets left at the end of the 1st 9 weeks, then as a reward, I gave him/her a week off of reading homework! The children may choose what week they want off. We will do reading homework this week and next week. The week after that will be the book project week, and then Thanksgiving(meaning no reading homework). They may choose to take this or next week off, or wait until December to do so. If you question whether your child has the week off or not, let me know, and I will write you a note. Not all the children earned this privilege. Remember, freebie tickets are used up by late work.

This is an exciting week! Halloween is in 2 days! Stay safe!