10-3 School Fund Raiser begins

10-4 Picture Day

10-7 Assembly “Bubble-Mania”

10-7 Early Release (15 minutes early)

ELA - Last week we mastered “Read to Someone”!  This is the most difficult workshop and the students have done a great job! This week we’ll begin “Word Work” which will focus on spelling patterns and vocabulary building.  This workshop is very interactive and students usually enjoy it!

                This week’s topics:

·         Writing – Creating a picture book focusing on the 4 narrative elements (setting, character, plot, theme) **We didn’t get to this last week

·         Comprehension – applying reading comprehension to non-fiction crayfish articles

·         Vocabulary – continue using “Wondrous Words” journal – we’ll tune into interesting words during read-a-louds

·         Spelling – long and short o and u  (oa, vowel-consonant-e, ew)

Math -  This week we’ll begin our study of organizing, displaying and interpreting data.  We’ll use our own experiences to create classroom graphs.  Students will focus on the vocabulary of survey, data, tally chart, frequency table, bar graph, line graph

                This week’s topics:

·         Collecting and organizing data

·         Making tables

·         Bar graphs

·         Line graphs

Science - W e will be wrapping up our study of crayfish this week.  They will be released into a fresh water home nearby. This week we’ll work on wrapping up the ideas and concepts that must be understood.  I’ll be sending home a study packet to work on at home.  The test will be Friday. 

Library Books

Tomorrow we will have our first chance to borrow library books.  Students will be going to the library in groups of 6 to check out books. Please minimize time out of the class, if possible, by looking on the E-catalog and choosing books at home. Here is a link the Shatekon's E-catalong.

Book Order

Please remember that the Scholastic book order is due September 30th.  You can send in a check made payable to Scholastic or order on-line.