The Week of October 12, 2009

Dear Parents & Students,

~No School Monday = Columbus Day

~Leaves......has your child started collecting and preparing leaves for our science project?
The leaves are due Monday, October 19th. This assignment can not be left until last
minute. The students have a direction packet and should share/discuss it with you.
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~Robert Crown field trip slip will be given to your child on Tuesday. We will be going to
the "Michael & Linda" program. The permission slip goes into further detail.
Also, please indicate on the slip whether or you'll be attending the parent workshop.
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~Halloween!!! Mrs. Balinski, classroom party coordinator, has contacted all the party
helpers. As part of the Halloween festivities,students need to bring things from home to
decorate their pumpkins which will be judjed for a contest with prizes. They are about 3 -
5 pounds each and will be provided by our P.T.O.
These items are not allowed: paint, and sharp objects such as knives or
carving tools.
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HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 7

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ENGLISH: Comma project due Tuesday!

We will also be learning how to use quotation marks correctly.

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READING: We will be reviewing the reading skills of homonyms and homophones.

White Giraffe.....continuing to read this adventure and summarizing chapters.

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SCOOPer Reading: Your child's goal is due 11/13. I have enjoyed many of the discussions I have had with your child when meeting with them.

If your child meets their goal prior to the due date, they get to read just for the "fun of it" and not have to do any more activites until the next trimester.

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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 5 - Lesson 2 "New England Colonies" & Lesson 3 "The First Colonies"

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SCIENCE: We are continuing to learn more about photosynthesis and learning about producers and consumers.

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MATH(for Miss Trefonas's math students):

~Chapter 3 - Lessson 3.4 "Zeros in the quotient"

~Quiz Thursday over Lessons 3.2 - 3.4

~Homework sheet with problems from wb pages 3.1 - 3.4

The Week of October 13th

Important Dates

Monday, Oct.13th - No School due to Columbus Day Holiday!

Thursday, Oct. 16th - Book Fair @ Prairieview 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm-See you there!

Wednesday, Oct. 22nd - Early Dismissal @ 11:00!

Friday, Oct.24th-Fieldtrip "The Legend of Pocahontas" **This is the rescheduled date!**

~Students need to bring a lunch. We might not be back in time for our hot lunch program.

MISS TREFONAS'S HOMEROOM:

SCIENCE: We will be starting Matter & Energy! The students will be making a MEMORY card game with their lesson 1 vocabulary words. Thursday,the students will be doing an activity with a Mystery Box !

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Jr. Achievement begins! Jr. Achievement is a not-for-profit organization financed by businesses. The purpose of Jr. Achievement is to educate and inspire students to value free enterprise, business, and econmics to improve the quality of their lives. Our volunteers, Ms. and Mr. Paleka, will be visiting our classroom once a week for the next 6 weeks. Ms. Paleka works for Harley Davidson Financial, and Mr. Paleka works for Tellalabs. They have been the volunteers for my classroom for the past 7 years! I'm sure your student will be sharing some of their experiences with this program during the next few weeks!

Chapter 6 "Life in English Colonies" Lesson 1 - Working and Trading

MISS TREFONAS'S READING, ENGLISH, & SPELLING:

SPELLING: Lesson 7 and word of the week!

ENGLISH: Unit 5 Capitalization & Punctuation - Quotations, Abbreviations and Titles!

We are FINISHING the unit this week and testing on Tuesday, October 21st!

VOCAB CLUB: 10 words are due at the end of October! Students must be able to pronounce words correctly.

SCOOPer READING: The first trimester goal is due Friday, November 14th!

Each child has been given reminders of what their goal is and how many books and activities have been completed.

READING: Main Idea and Details & Sequencing are the reading skills we are working on this week!

MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:

MATH: Chapter 3 Division - Lessons 3 - 6. We are doing long division with zeros in the quotient, learning about patterns in division, and estimating with 2 digit divisors.

Friday the students will be filling in a homework sheet. After we grade each day's homework, the students should fix any errors and safely keep their assignments in their binder in their math pocket.

Quiz on Friday, October17th!