Friday, August 23, 2013

Weekly Update 08/23/13


Important Announcements:

*Students from our class that were drawn this week from the paw bucket: Ryan and Luke.  Congratulations! 

*We have started our geography unit in Social Studies.  As you are visiting places in Brownsburg (restaurants, stores, neighborhoods, etc.), can you please take your child’s picture in front of them and send them to me electronically?  We will be using these pictures during our geography unit.  Thanks so much! 

*We are reviewing for our first math test.  Unit 1 math test will be on Tuesday, August 27th. 

*I have sent home book order forms with your child.  This is optional.  If you would like to order books, please send your order form with payment back to school by Friday, August 30, 2013.  Please make checks payable to Scholastic Book Clubs.  If you want to order online (our class gets free books if you do!), use the access code: GVCWL. 

*It was great seeing so many of you on Tuesday evening at our Open House.  Thanks for taking the time to come!  If you were unable to attend, I sent home the presentation with your child on Wednesday.  Please let me know if you have any questions about the information!

*I believe in building relationships with the children both inside my classroom and outside the classroom.  If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports, dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come! 

A Look at Next Week:

Science/ Health

Solids, liquids, gases

Spelling

Inflected endings

Reading

Story: A Walk in the Desert

Skill: Main Ideas and Details

Daily Five: Just Right Books, Building our reading muscles

Math

Review for Unit 1 test; Unit 1 test; Addition Number Stories; Addition Facts

Social Studies

Geography

English/Writing

Trait of Ideas