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NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER JAN. 5-8

WELCOME BACK! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I spent a lot of my time being a nurse for Kevin. I’m very happy to say that both of his surgeries went very well and he is doing great!

THANK YOU- My family went out to Outback and had a wonderful dinner. Thanks so much for the gift cards. I bought two pairs of earrings and a new wallet with my Kohl’s card. I truly appreciate your generosity. You all are the best!

MISSING GLUE BOTTLES- Did anyone happen to pick up some glue bottles after the holiday party? We are missing about 6 bottles of glue.

DOUGHNUTS AND JUICE- The students earned their silver spoon reward from the cafeteria and they chose to have doughnuts and juice. I will bring breakfast for the students tomorrow

COUPON BOOKLET- Students received coupon booklets for Christmas. They can use one coupon per week until the end of the year.

MEDIA CENTER- We will be going to the Media Center tomorrow so make sure you have your library books at school.

ACCELERATED READER- All students met their goals again for the second nine weeks! Yeah!!! Grace Tam had 106 points for the nine week period…WOW! The goal for the third nine weeks will be 10 points again. Get started early!

“P” PARTY- I am very excited about the “P” Party. I played Rock Band with Allison and Kevin over the holidays and I loved it!!! I can’t wait to play some more Rock Band and other games!!

BUCKLE DOWN- We will be taking the Buckle Down math and reading pretests this week. Buckle Down is a wonderful program that helps students prepare for the CRCT.

NO SCHOOL- Monday, January 18th is the Martin Luther King holiday.

CONFERENCE WEEK- Conference forms will be coming home on January 11th or possibly earlier. Please indicate a new time if the one I suggested will not work for you. I am trying to do the conferences mainly on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, Wednesday, Jan. 27th, and Thursday, January 28th. Let me know in your child’s agenda if you have a preference for a certain day. I will have a few openings on Monday but not any on Friday. Students will be dismissed at 12:20 every day that week.


SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- EQ- How do you know what to do to a root word before adding the suffix? We will continue discussing patterns and adding suffixes. We will be discussing words from Sort #16 and #17. An assessment will be given over both sorts on Friday.

ENGLISH-We will be finishing the illustrations for our Cinderella stories./ Review standards covered in the first two nine week periods

READING- EQ- What are the elements of a fairy tale and a play? / Buckle Down pretest / Time for Kids / Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and read the play of the Three Little Pigs / Fluency tests will be done on each child this week / Media Center on Wednesday

CURSIVE HANDWRITING- EQ- Are you able to recognize and form all of the cursive letters? We will begin cursive handwriting this week. Students will start writing in cursive after all of the letters have been introduced.

MATH- EQ-What are the steps in a long division problem? / Buckle Down pretest / Pretest over fractions and decimals / Fish tests will continue on a two day rotation…Mixed Up and then Real Deal – The number missed on the Real Deal will be doubled for homework. PLEASE help your child study for these very important tests.

SCIENCE- EQ- What are the regions of Georgia? What plants and animals are found in each region? / Start researching an animal found in Georgia.