NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER SEPT. 7-10
CATO FIELD TRIP- Please send in payment for the 5 CATO field trips as soon as you are able. The information was handed out at Open House. If you were unable to attend Open House, your child should havebrought home the information on Friday.
CHIC-FIL-A NIGHT-Please join us tonight for Ford Night at Chic-Fil-A.
OPEN HOUSE- Thank you for attending Open House. Hopefully you learned a lot about our classroom through our interactive approach.
FALL BREAK- Students will not have school from Sept. 20-24.
ACCELERATED READER- Unfortunately, AR is not working right now. I apologize for the inconvenience. Hopefully it will be up and running very soon. If you have finished a book and you are ready to take a test, go ahead and start on your next book while we are waiting for it to work again.
GREECE- Many thanks to Mrs. Kriebel for coming in and sharing her knowledge of Greece with us. She had some wonderful information and pictures to share with the children. They also got to taste olives!
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING-We are working on are,air, ire, ore, ure, and ear. Many of these are difficult to remember, so study early in the week! An assessment will be given on Thursday.
ENGLISH/WRITING- Personal narratives and friendly letters will be our focus this week. We will also learn how to compare and contrast in our writing.
READING-We will be introducing traditional literature this week and the elements found in traditional literature. We will be working on comparing and contrasting between various versions of traditional tales. / Lon Po Po and The Three Little Javelinas will be two of the stories we will be reading this week. Comprehension quizzes will be given over both./ We will read and discuss Georgia News Weekly.
MATH- A 7 minute timed test will be given tomorrow. Please ask your child what test he/she will be taking and help him/her practice for the test./ Rounding and estimating will be reviewed this week. We will also be discussing properties of addition: commutative, associative, and identity. An assessment over rounding and properties will be given this week.
SOCIAL STUDIES- Ancient and Modern Olympics have been our topics of discussion. We have also discussed the three main types of columns: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Ask your child to describe them to you. If you read this, write the name of the very fancy, intricate kind of column in the signature portion of the agenda. Direct democracy and representative democracy will be introduced today. We will fill out a study guide together. Please help your child study for an assessment over the Olympics and roots of our democracy on Thursday.
SCIENCE- Introduce rocks and minerals.
Have a great week!
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