NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER SEPT. 27-OCT 1
FALL BREAK- I hope you and your families had a wonderful break. Now it’s time to get back into the routine and work hard
STANDARDIZED TESTING- We will be taking the Cognitive Abilities Test Wednesday through Friday. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills will be given each day next week. Homework will be minimal this week and next due to testing. Please get to bed early each night and eat a good breakfast. All students need a couple of number 2 pencils with good erasers. They can not use mechanical pencils on the test.
CATO FIELD TRIP- We had our first in-school CATO field trip today. Please ask your child about the three types of soil that were discussed and the adaptations of earthworms.
DEPEW ORTHODONTICS- We are fortunate to have Depew Orthodontics as a partner for our class. They will be coming in once a month to do a health lesson with the children. Tomorrow will be their first visit.
MYSTERY READER- Many thanks to Mrs. Keeton and Mr. Kriebel for coming in to be our Mystery Reader.
ACCELERATED READER- Continue to read and earn AR points. All students need at least 8 AR points with 80% accuracy by Friday, October 8th. Many students are earning their points, but their comprehension level is not where it needs to be. Make sure to read your books carefully!
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be discussing “aw”, “au”, “al”, and “ou”. We will still have a spelling assessment on Thursday even though we are doing standardized testing.
READING- Idioms will be the topic of discussion this week. We will be reading Who Let the Car Out of the Bag and There’s A Frog in My Throat. Please write what the following idiom means in the signature section of the agenda…”Don’t be a backseat driver.” Read and discuss Time For Kids. Discuss how to read and interpret different types of graphs.
ENGLISH- Dictionary usage and guide words will be discussed this week. We will also discuss how to use a thesaurus.
WRITING- Students will begin writing personal narratives this week. We will go over their compare and contrast papers and discuss the strengths and weaknesses.
MATH- Subtraction with regrouping will be our main focus this week. We will also be discussing elapsed time and input/output. A timed test will be given on Wednesday.
SCIENCE- We have lots of parents coming in to help us with a hands-on science experiment tomorrow. It will help us to understand the differences in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks.