Week of September 17th

Hello Families! Hope you've enjoyed this rainy weather!! It has been nice!

Agenda for the week:

Math - Place Value Test on Wednesday.....I will send home a study guide on Monday.  We will look at money and decimals.

Reading - The children will continue reading their leveled novels.  I will teach a lesson on story elements on Monday and the children will have a story element poster to complete on their books when they are done.  The stories need to be read by Monday, September 24th.  I will give a grade on their AR test and the story element poster project.

Spelling - List 8 doubles  Find the list on spellingcity

English - Verbs; We will also finish up our animal research report this week.

Social Studies - Oklahoma geography

Science - Last week we began a unit on Geology.  We looked at the layers of the earth and learned about what each layer is made of, and the temperature and the depth of each layer.  This week, we will look at the 3 types of rocks.


***Don't forget that the Map Homework Project is due this Thursday.***

The quote of the week is: When you choose your friends, don't be short changed by choosing personality over character.

I am so very proud that most of my children are choosing to read at home!! Good job! Keep up the good work! Moms and Dads.....you have a lot to do with instilling good work habits at home, as well as making your children better readers.  This is where it begins.  Children who read at home and/or are read to at home are better readers and have bigger vocabularies! 

We had a great time on our field trip on Friday.  It was a bit cold and damp, and the children had to wait sometimes for long periods of time to go to a learning station, but most were well behaved.  I had a couple really good class leaders that had a great effect on the class.  So proud of them!! There were a few that had some issues, however.  Hopefully, they will learn how to act in a public place on a field trip, so that they will be allowed to go to the Science Museum in OKC in the Spring.  I will be watching them closely on the next field trip to the Turkey Creek School in October. :) 

Thursday will be an exciting day!! We will have our first payday!! Thank you to Gayla Brice, Rick Goben, and Carri Crockett for coming Thursday morning to help us make duct tape wallets! I so appreciate you!! 

****Don't forget that book orders are due this Thursday. Remember, even if you order just one book, you get a free book! (Buy one, get one free!) That's a great deal and it sure helps our class!*****