Friday, September 20, 2013

The Week of September 23re, 2013

Dear Parents,
     The online science book is WORKING!!! Thank you, Mrs. Cullen, for bringing to my attention a glitch that has been fixed.  The instructions on how to access the online science book were included in the packet you received on curriculum night. ***WHEN YOU LOGIN WITH YOUR STUDENTS 7 DIGIT SCHOOL ID - THE SAME ID YOU USE TO ACCESS PARENT CONNECT DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PRECEDING ZEROS.**

I will be going over the directions with the students this week in class and additional direction sheets are available.  Please try connecting at home to insure you are not having difficulty.

IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
Thursday, 9/26 Picture Day
Friday, 9/27 Early Dismissal 11:00

HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING:  Lesson 4 and "word of the week"

ENGLISH:  Unit 1 Sentences continued
*Subject in imperative sentences
*Conjunctions
*Run-on sentences
*Pyramid Poems

READING:  "Courage"
We are reading an excerpt from HATCHET 
*Character Traits and supporting evidence
*Word Work / independent selection of vocabulary words
*Comprehension questions

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Chapter 4 Test is Monday and "How to Study" sheet due!
Chapter 5 English Colonies
*The Lost Colony of Roanoke
*Jamestown

SCIENCE:  Weather
*Water Cycle
*Weather Instruments

MATH:
Ch1 L8 Order Whole Numbers and Decimals
Ch1 L9 4 Step Problem Solving
Chapter 1 Review Wednesday
Chapter 1 TEST - THURSDAY