NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER NOV. 1-5
HALLOWEEN- I hope everyone had fun trick or treating! Please don’t bring your candy to school for a snack; save that for home Many thanks to the following parents who sent in items for our special snack and for Pumpkinology: Mrs. Kriebel, Mrs. Slade, Mrs. Babay, Mrs. Ketch, Mrs. Champion, and Mrs. Morris. We always appreciated your support
MORNING WORK- As students enter the room each morning, they should unpack their backpacks, copy HW from the board(usually about 3 short homework assignments or reminders), check in with me, and complete ONE PAGE out of the morning work folder. Many of the students are not completing their morning work or they are leaving it at home. I discussed this with the children because it is becoming a BIG problem. All students have at least 25 minutes to finish all of the things I mentioned from the time announcements start until we go to specials at 8:15. So even if they don’t ride an early bus, they have ample time to complete morning work. Also, we don’t check it until the next day…so if a student does not have time to complete it for some reason, they can take it home to finish. Some are taking it home, but forgetting to bring it back. We have decided that students who do not have morning work completed and ready to check will receive TWO X’s in the agenda. Please discuss this important issue with your child.
NO SCHOOL- Students do not have school on Tuesday because of Election Day.
BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN- Please continue to collect pledges for the Boosterthon Fun Run! We want to raise enough money to keep our Science Lab. Students have earned enough pledges for EXTRA RECESS TODAY, PJ DAY ON WEDNESDAY, and NO HOMEWORK ON THURSDAY. The fun run will be on Thursday at 11:15. Please come out and cheer on the children! The children should bring a good snack for Thursday because we will be eating lunch later than usual. If you read this, please write “good snack” in the agenda section.
TURKEY TALE CELEBRATION- Students will be bringing home a paper today giving information about the Turkey Tale Celebration and the feast in the cafeteria. I will list the date and times here also: Wednesday, November 17th from 11:05-12:05 Turkey Tale Celebration in the classroom. 12:10-12:55 Thanksgiving Feast in the cafeteria. We hope you can join us for both!
CATO FIELD TRIP- We will be going on a Cato Field Trip on Wednesday, November 10 for our second environmental field trip. Students will need to bring a sack lunch from home that day or buy a sack lunch from school. More details closer to time
BARNES AND NOBLE-Ford students will be invited to listen to stories read by Ford teachers at Barnes and Noble on Monday, November 15th. The third grade teachers will be reading from 6:00-6:30. A portion of the sales will be returned to Ford Elementary.
THANKSGIVING BREAK- Students will not have school the week of November 22nd.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on Sort #11 this week: -dge and –ge. An assessment will be given on Thursday.
ENGLISH- Correct possessives / Finish homophone flip chart and study it/ Discuss contractions
WRITING-Learn how to write a response to literature / Start working on Turkey Tales/ Bring items on Monday, November 8th to decorate turkeys.
READING- Read Turkey Trouble and Turk and Runt to inspire our Turkey Tales. / Read and complete TFK and the comprehension sheet./ Read to meet the 10 point AR goal. / Also read to meet the media center challenge. /Take SRI test in the computer lab
MATH- We will continue to learn geometry terms. We will also take a fish test every day. A multiplications assessment will be given on Thursday. Important vocabulary on the test: commutative property, factor, product, array , multiples, repeated addition
SCIENCE- Continue discussing soils, erosion, and weathering