Week of September 10th!

Hello Families!! Here is the agenda for next week:

Math - Rounding up to the ten thousands place; We do a short daily morning math review as well 

Reading - The children will each be assigned a novel that closely matches their reading level. I will talk to them about "What good readers do when they are reading."   They will be assigned a project to complete when they are finished with their books.  They will have 2 weeks to complete their books.  Some will probably finish in no time and others will take the whole time. It is such a learning curve for some.....learning how to pace themselves and work with a time limit.  :)  

Spelling - eCe pattern/ei/open syllable long e  Look for that list on spellingcity

English - Verbs/Helping Verbs

Social Studies - We will begin a 3 week study of Oklahoma.  This week we will look at the geography of Oklahoma including making a dough map!  We will also look at Oklahoma's path to statehood as well as learning to read an Oklahoma road map.

Science - We will research animals that belong to one of the biomes we've been studying.  The children will get to choose an animal and do a research report on it.  This also crosses over and covers some language arts objectives as well.  We will work on picking out important information, writing complete sentences in paragraph form that stick to the main idea of each paragraph, etc. 

Our quote of the week is: Happiness is an attitude.  We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong.  The amount of work is the same.  ~Francesca Reigler

Don't forget to check over the book order.  There are lots of great books for good deals and if you order online this month you get 2 free books!  You will also help our class get 5000 bonus points which will buy our class more books and resources!  That's a great deal for all of us!

Be looking for a note to come home at the end of the week about our Turkey Creek School Field Trip.  It will be October 5th.  The note will have all the information.

I really am in need of parent volunteers to come on Thursday, September 20th.  I need your help making Duct Tape Wallets. (I will show you how!) Ha! I need about 3 parents.  Please let me know if you can come that day.  I am flexible with the time, so let me know if you can help, what time would be best, morning or afternoon, and I will choose the most voted on time. Thanks so much!!