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NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER JAN. 8-11

WELCOME BACK! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I’m looking forward to a great 2008.

COMPOSITION BOOK- Please buy a new composition book by next Monday. We will be starting a new program called…The Problematic Community. It should help the students with problem solving in every day life situations.

CONFERENCES- Conference letters will be coming home today. Please sign and return as soon as possible. If you can’t come on the assigned day and time, please list an alternative date that will work better for you. Conferences will be held Jan. 22-28. Students will be dismissed at 12:20 those days. Report cards will be handed out during conferences.

STUDENT PAYMENT RECORD- Students will receive a letter showing the amount of money spent here at school for field trips, etc.

VISITING ILLUSTRATOR- Information was sent home on paper and via e-mail about purchasing books illustrated by Michael P. White. He will be at school on Wednesday to talk to the children and to show his talents.

NO SCHOOL- Students will not have school on Monday, January 21st.

ACCELERATED READER- It’s a brand new nine week period. Students will have an AR goal of 12 points this nine weeks. Please have your child start early!!! Remember, students should not be reading books that are less than 3.0. Happy reading!

BIOGRAPHY BOOKS- Students will be checking out biography books from the library today. They should be reading them every night this week and next week for homework. The book should be completed by the end of next week. I will give instructions about the “report” next week.

TARGET- Our new target day is Thursday. Remember to bring your things for Target on Thursday instead of Friday. / Open House for parents of new target students will be held this Thursday from 6:30-7:30 in the media center.

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Core Words- sure, knew, it’s, try, told Bonus Words- opportunity cost, scarcity, price influence, increase, supply, demand, decrease, goods, services / Cloze Review on Friday / Sitton Spelling Achievement test will be given this week- not something to study for…just an evaluation to see if the core words that have already been presented have been mastered./ Work on contractions-differences between let’s and lets and its and it’s

READING- We will read the biography, Jerry Pinkney, Achiever of Dreams . A comprehension test will be given on Friday. / Check out and read biography books from the library.

WRITING- Prewriting assessment will be given on Friday of this week. Students will be given a topic. They will have 30-60 minutes for brainstorming and drafting. Then they will be given 60 more minutes for revising, editing, and final draft. / Discuss previous writings…What did you do well? What do you need to work on? / Write winter poems

MATH- Work on problem solving / Review multiplication and division/ Take 7 minute timed tests on Wednesday / Fish tests will be given in a modified version until everyone passes the twelves tables. One day will be in order and the next day will be the Real Deal.

SOCIAL STUDIES- We will be discussing supply and demand, goods and services, and how prices affect buying / review map skills