Thursday, May 3, 2012

May 7, 2012

Dear Parents,
 
     Teacher Appreciation Week.....Thanks to all of you who are providing "goodies" for the teachers through out the week with breakfasts and lunches! A nice treat!!

    Thanks to Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Dziedzic for helping with scrap booking in our classroom.  The children are creating very special keepsakes as they work on their memory books.  Thanks again to all of you who have picked up and paid for pictures.  Also, thanks to anyone who has donated scrap booking supplies!!

HERE's WHAT WE ARE UP TO THIS WEEK:

SPELLING:  Words of the Week - Letters A -H. The children will have a Words of the Week "ABC" book that they will need to complete letters A-H due Thursday.  Friday there will be a test on the Words of the Week A-H....words only, not definitions!

SCOOPer Reading......May 14th is the due date!!!

READING:  Fantasty Genre Book Clubs!!! Book Club reading assignment and book club discussion sheet for the second part of the book are due Tuesday for their Book Club meeting!
Students will be graded on their book club discussion sheets, book club participation, and other assigned activities.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  Persuasive Writing....Each student is planning a persuasive based on the topic of school uniforms in public schools.  They have been encouraged to share their graphic organizer/planning sheet at home and have a discussion on this topic.  We will be using this graphic organizer to write a persuasive essay  on this topic.  The students need to have strong arguments, support, and elaboration!
These are important elements in persuasive writing.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Your child has an opportunity to recite the Preamble and earn 2 social studies bonus points.  It has to be memorized!! The deadline is Friday, May 11th!
Chapter 10 test = Friday!!!

SCIENCE:  Chapter 6 Lesson 1 How Do Organisms Compete and Survive in an Ecosystem

MATH:  Graphs!!!