It was nice to see many of you at the Book Fair. Thanks to the many families who purchased books for the classroom.
Also, thanks to all of you who have sent in treats/prizes for our classroom rewards.
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REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK:
~Parents, please fill out and return the sheet about your student being absent and work being sent home. DUE MONDAY!!
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~HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION = Thursday, October 29th!
Thanks to Mrs. Balinski for coordinating the parent helpers!
Thanks to Mrs. Stanuch, Mrs. Balinski and Mrs. Fisher or coming in to be parent helpers!
Thanks to Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Kling, Mrs. Dourdourekas for providing treats!
Thanks to Mrs. Van Geertry for providing drinks for the students!
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***Students need to bring supplies to decorate their pumpkins for our contest!
A student per grade level will win a BEST BUY gift certificate for having the #1 pumpkin!
If any parents would like to send in any extra craft items, feel free to send them with your child!
Parade is @ 12:30! Parents are welcome to attend the parade!
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING: We are not doing spelling this week! This is not a trick but a treat!
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ENGLISH: We will go over the Unit 5 "Capitalization/Punctuation" review sheet on Monday.
Test = Tuesday! I encouraged all students to bring home their textbooks and review over the weekend.
We will also be sharing our "Mind Mover" creative thinking/writing activities.
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READING: We finished the White Giraffe ! The students are completing their summary journals which are due Monday. Today, Friday, as a class, we were able to summarize the entire book in less than 25 words. We also had a great group book discussion.
The children will be doing an end of the book activity for White Giraffe this week.
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Next, we will work on the reading skill of visualizing using some tall tales.
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SCOOPer Reading: Wow! I have had some great book talks while meeting with your child to discuss the book they read and the activity they did.
DUE DATE = November 13th!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: We are finished with Chapter 5 and will be filling out our "HOW TO STUDY SHEET" Monday. TEST = WEDNESDAY!
I encouraged all students to bring home their textbook over the weekend to start reviewing!
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SCIENCE: We are learning about food chains and food webs.
Your child has begun a vocabulary word game board to study/practice vocabulary words for this unit.
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MATH: (Miss Trefonas's Math Class)
Chapter 3 Review = Monday
Chapter 3 Test = Tuesday
Next, we begin Chapter 4 "Algebra Expressions & Equations"
~We will be taking notes and doing many "together" problems in our math spirals.
~Review at home would be helpful during this chapter!
