THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY

This Friday, October 8th, there will be no school. It is a teacher’s furlough day. C1 will be doing all of our weekly tests on Thursday.

SPELLING
The words this week are:
station, vacation, wild, lion, invite, broke, remote, danger, cable, behind, hide, arrive, drove, stole, April, bacon, pint, decide, whole, and smoke. The students pretest on Monday. They will have 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. 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 this Thursday.

READING
This week we will be focusing on the words from the fourth Reading story, “Family Pictures.” We will be learning about “Author’s Purpose” which is the reason or reasons an author has for writing. We have to figure them out. Four common purposes are to inform, to entertain, to express, and to persuade.  We will also be learning about imperative and exclamatory sentences.

READING LOGS
Thank you so much for helping your child read, do a reading response, and get their Agenda signed every day. Reading to your child, listening to them read to you, having them read to a brother or sister, or encouraging them to read to themselves will go a long way in helping them be successful in school. Please encourage them to find a quiet spot to read each night.

BOOK REPORT
The October book report (Fictional animal story). Each child was given a copy of the book report form last Thursday. We went 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 Friday, 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, Jeffery, Anthony, Juan, Andrea, Grace, Trinity, Teeona, Steve, Sydney, Layla, Apolonia Nice job!