It was nice to meet the parents last week at Back to School Night.  I’m excited to partner with families and students for a successful school year!

Week of: September 22-26

Spelling:  skill, crime, grind, tonight, brick, flight, live, chill, delight, build, ditch, decide, witness, wind, district, inch, sigh, fright, remind, split Challenge:  ignorant, recognize, advice, twilight, rigid

Reading Vocabulary: access, remote, isolated, impassable, obtain, extremes, virtual, avid, devour, preserve

Reading: Read “My Librarian is a Camel” and “From Idea to Book”; cause and effect activity

Grammar: Quotations marks, split quotations, quotations from text

Writing: writing with dialogue

Math: Test on Chapter 1; Begin Chapter 2 Multiplication comparisons

Science:  Chapter 1 Systems of the Human Body; What are the respiratory and circulatory systems?

Social Studies:  Chapter 1 New York and It’s First People; New York’s Rivers and Lakes

Religion: daily devotions

Tests:

  • Wednesday – Math, Chapter 1
  • Friday – Spelling; Reading

Important News:

  • Tuesday is our field trip to BOCES Outdoor Education Center.  A detailed reminder note will be sent home on Monday.
  • Math Extra Help Wednesday at 7:45 am.
  • Please consider letting your child dress down in denim next Friday, 10/3 by participating in our fundraiser for breast cancer.  It’s a $3 donation to the charity.

This week’s Prayer Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFmSzL2ppvg

Words to Live by This Week:  Be the type of person you want to meet!  (Anonymous)