WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 27TH

SPELLING
The Spelling words this week are:
band, blanket, finger, window, forgot, trouble, couple, cash, backpack, build, pond, closet, young, tough, January, river, guilt, block, chop, cousin. The students pretest on Monday. They will bring the list home in their Home Folder. Spelling homework is always Tuesday night (due Wednesday morning). I would like them to keep the Spelling sheet in their Home Folder so it can be used at home and at school. This week the homework is to write each word in a sentence and write each word three times. They should number the sentences and underline the spelling word. Please remind your child to review the words each night to be ready for the spelling test on Friday.

READING
This week we will be reading the third story, “Yingtao's New Friend.” Starting a new school in the middle of the of the year is bad enough. But imagine starting a new school in a new country where it seems everything is different, and you don’t know enough English to make friends. Add to that the fact that your violin-playing is a family joke, and you have Yingtao’s life. Our story this week is about how he adjusts to life in America.

The vocabulary words are: instrument, measures, orchestra, rehearsal, and triangle.
The skill we will be working on is Compare and Contrast. When authors write about two or more characters, places, events, or situations, they often want you to compare and contrast them. Compare means telling how two or more things are alike. Contrast means telling how they are different.

READING LOGS
Thank you so much for helping your child read, do a reading response, and get their Agenda signed every day. Encouraging them to read to themselves will go a long way in helping them be successful in school.

BOOK REPORT
September's book report is due on Thursday. The October book report is a Fictional animal story. Each child will be given a copy of the book report form Thursday. We will go over the questions and how they need to be answered. We go to the library every Thursday and they can also check books out before or after school to check out their books. Please have them answer the questions on a piece of regular notebook paper. The answers need to be in complete sentences using capitals letters and correct punctuation. The book report is due on Thursday, October 29th.

AAI means “ALL ASSIGNMENTS IN.” Each Monday I will send home a sheet that will tell you if your child is missing any work in each subject area. Please review it with them Monday night, sign it, and have them return it to class on Tuesday. Anything that shows up missing on that sheet is work that was to be completed in the previous week (or before). The students need to complete the work and turn it in to me as soon as possible. When they complete the work and turn it in, I will sign them off on their missing assignment sheet so you know their work has been turned in. The Life Skill of responsibility is very important to learn at a young age. Several students were only missing one assignment. The following students were responsible about all of their work this term. They are on AAI:
Sydney, Dawna, Tyler, Jazmin, Evert, Colton, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Trinity, Teeona, Steve, Apolonia, Jenne, Sydney
Nice job!