REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have still not covered any of their books.
2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, look through your child’s Reading and Language Arts NBs to see how they are doing on their classwork and homework.
3. Gym on Mondays. Wear gym shirt, gym pants, and sneakers.
4. Some children did not hand in their story map for The Ugly Duckling or Sam Bangs and Moonshine. This was due on Friday. This counts as a reading grade.
5. Language Arts Project- due Tues. 10/27 - The children will need to write two paragraphs (12 sentences) entitled “Halloween.” They can write about what they will be doing on Halloween and what costume they will be wearing. This should be done on looseleaf. A drawing should be attached illustrating what is written in the essay.
6. Halloween will be celebrated this Friday, October 30. The children can wear their costumes to school that day. They should bring their bookbags, since they be doing some work in the morning. I am asking that each child bring $2.00 for pizza, a bag of candy, chips, cookies, etc. to share, and something to drink for themselves. No big bottles of soda please. If you have any questions, please send me a note.
7. There is a Book Fair all of this week. The children were given flyers with the books that will be sold.
8. On Friday, there will be a Halloween cake sale hosted by the 8th grade. The children can bring money if they wish to buy something.
TESTS:
1. Language Arts Test on types of sentences on Weds. 10/28
2. Reading Test- Thurs. 10/29. All of the vocabulary words from the following stories will be included: Officer Buckle and Gloria, Pepita Talks Twice, Nate the Great, and Allie’s Basketball Dream. The words and definitions can be found in the Reading Notebook.
3. Spelling Test- Friday, 10/30 .Words are below.
4. Vocabulary Test on the new 15 words- Friday, 10/30. See vocabulary notebook for new words.
VOCABULARY:
1. oozing- flowing; pouring out from
2. shrieked- made a loud, sharp sound
3. positive- without doubt; sure
4. friendless- without friends
5. grand- excellent; very good
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Allie’s Basketball Dream-
professional, familiar, captain, pretended, aimed, monitor
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: Test Friday 10/30.
tight, while, show, stone, bright, whole, window, time, follow, close, flight, tide, grow, broke, below
Challenge Words:
basketball, coach, forward, dribble, guard
LANGUAGE ARTS: We will be working on writing descriptive paragraphs and personal narratives (Voyages in English text Chapter 1 pgs. 6-43 and 314-325).
We are also reviewing the different types of sentences: Language Handbook pgs. 79-87
Statement- You are very helpful.
Question- Where is your homework?
Command- Put your pencil down.
Exclamation- Wow, you are a great reader!
A sentence
· Starts with a capital letter.
· Ends with an end mark.
· Tells a complete thought. It names someone or something and tells what the person or thing is or does.
· The words are in an order that makes sense.
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Spelling- write each spelling word 5x each in the Reading NB; complete the Language Arts Project.
TUESDAY: Spelling- write a sentence for words 1-10 . Do in the Reading NB. Study for Language Arts Test.
WEDNESDAY: Write a sentence for spelling words 11-20 in the Reading Notebook. Study Reading Vocabulary Words (see Reading NB).
THURSDAY: Study for the spelling and vocabulary tests tomorrow. Remember to bring in $2.00 for Halloween party, a soda or juice, and a bag of candy or cookies. Wear your costume to school and bring your bookbag.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was given to you. JUST READ!
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND A VERY HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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