Miss Pellin's Post

September 23rd - September 27th

Thursday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. We will be having a celebration! Please send your child with a peeled, cored, and sliced apple to school on Thursday, September 26th.  We will be making applesauce.  Thank you so much to the parents who donated items for Johnny Appleseed's birthday!!!

Friday, September 27th will be an early dismissal day.  Students will leave school at 11:00 a.m.  Please plan accordingly.

The Fifth Week of 2013 at School:

Science: This week we will continue the study of  ecosystems in chapter 4.  We will focus on how ecosystems can change in lesson 4.  Look for a study guide to come home this week.  There will be a chapter 4 test on Wednesday, October 2nd.

Social Studies: There will be a continent and ocean test on Tuesday, September 24.  This week students will be assigned a continent and will research facts about their continent.  

Math: This week we will begin chapter 2 on addition.  Students will learn different addition properties such as the commutative and associative property.  Students will also identify patterns and work on mental math strategies.  

Spelling: 

Monday:  List 5 (more short and long vowels) pretest

               Homework:  entire class - cursive worksheet

Tuesday:     Homework:  entire class - ABC Order

Wednesday:  Homework:  Non-challenge – Write each word 3 times

              Challenge - Write sentences using spelling words

Friday:  List 5 final test

Reading:  This week we will add a word work station to our Daily 5 program.  Students will work on dictionary skills and learn meanings of unfamiliar words.   Students will also be in guided reading groups, listening to reading, reading to self, and working on writing.    In addition students will work on the reading strategy sequencing.  They also will be shown how to write an extended reading response.  

English:  Students will learn how to identify the predicate in a sentence.  We will also work on correcting run-on sentences.  Look for a study guide to come home.  There will be an English unit 1 test on Monday, September 30th. 

Things to Remember:

Tuesday 9/24: There will be a continent and ocean test.
Thursday 9/26:   It's Johnny Appleseed's birthday celebration!  
Friday 9/27: There will be a spelling test.   It is an early dismissal day.
Monday 9/30: There will be an English unit 1 test.  
Wednesday 10/2:  There will be a chapter 4 science test.