Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Week of December 14, 2009

Dear Parents and Students:
Thanks to all of you who were able to contribute to our Holiday Service Project. Our class came through in making a less fortunate family's holiday a lot merrier!
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Some Reminders.....
*Monday, 12/14 = Holiday Concert - 7:00 @ Lakeview
*Thursday, 12/17 = Bowling field trip - students may bring $ for snacks.
Ms. Stainman has asked them not to bring more than $10.oo.
*Friday, 12/18 = Movie at Tivoli
Hot lunch will be available!
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
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SPELLING - None this week!
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ENGLISH - Linking Verb project due on Monday.
We will be continuing Chapter 5 verbs and going over present and past tense of verbs this week.
This chapter will continue after our winter break.
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READING - Running Out of Time
Monday = Book club discussion for chapters 10-14 and book club discussion sheet due.
Wednesday = Book club discussion for chapters 15 -19 and book club discussion sheet due.
Monday, January 4th = Book club discussion for chapters 20 to end of book and book club sheet.
*The book club discussion sheet requires the students to use the reading strategies we have been working on: summarizing, questioning, connecting, and predicting.
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SCOOPer Reading - Your child should have a chance to get some reading and an activity done during break. I have gone over with each student their goal and what they have accomplished so far.
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SOCIAL STUDIES - Chapter 6 Test = Tuesday. The students were told about this test over a week ahead of time because of it being the day after the concert.
We will be doing a class review game on Monday.
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SCIENCE - Lesson 3 "How Do People Affect Ecosystems"
Wednesday = Quick Study/Quiz
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MATH - Chapter 6 Lessons 1-3
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!