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Homework average is back to 100% -
don't miss assignments to earn your A at the end of this quarter.
AR
goals set this week; based on STAR reading range.
We'll keep a weekly graph
of progression to note improvement. We'll also keep a reading log to note amount
of actual reading -
60 minutes per day includes in class and at home reading.
If
you're absent, you are responsible for bringing in an excuse note.
You are
responsible for completing assignments/tests within 48 hours.
Class
Schedule
7:35-9:43 Language Arts
9:43-11:08 Math
11:08-11:53 Lunch/recess
11:56-12:41
Enrichment
12:41-1:26 Social Studies
1:26-2:11 Science
2:11-2:41 Fine
Arts
PTA Fall Round Up
Our basket was INCREDIBLE! Thank you to everyone that sent in donations. Thank you to everyone that volunteered. It was fun spending time with you at the event!
St. Helena School, Baton Rouge
Our 4-H Club is collecting items for this school that lost everything in a fire. Have any extra pens, highlighters, paper, etc.? Know of an office getting rid of desks, clocks, etc.? PLEASE SEND IN DONATIONS BY THURSDAY -SENDING FRIDAY
PBS - Positive Behavior Support
Are you thankful for the people around you? Your experiences? Your belongings? How can we express our gratitude to others?
THIS
WEEK IN CLASS
ELA
Reading: Dear Mr. Winston p.252
Name That Reptile, Snakes
Vocabulary:
weekdays, cardboard, slithered, genuine, apologize, harmless, ambulance
Strategy:
generate questions, character and plot
Skills: make inferences
Testing after
the holiday
DEAR for 20 minutes each day; continue to read AR at home nightly;
You should've reached 50% of your goal!
Language: plurals and possessives;
punctuation in letters/parts of a letter
Test Friday
Spelling: Words with
/ar/ and /ir/ sounds spelled -air, -are, -ere,
-ear, -eer
Spelling Contract
and Test Thursday
Go
to www.macmillanmh.com for fun practice with
vocabulary, skills, and spelling words!
Math-
MEMORIZE multiplication/division FACTS by studying nightly!
Our
focus: lessons 3-9 through 3-14
Remember…
" you can think about
sharing or repeated subtraction to divide.
" a fact family shows all
the related facts for a set of numbers.
" you can use multiplication facts
to help remember division facts.
" zero divided by any number is zero,
but you cannot divide by zero.
Science
PLANTS
Can you …
"
Explain the function of plant structures in relation to their ability to make
food through photosynthesis?
" Describe how some plants have adapted to
their habitats?
" Explain the steps of photosynthesis?
" Name
things plants need in order to live, using "LAWNS" as the acrostic mnemonic
device?
Project:
3-D model of a flowering plant requires a bathroom -tissue tube after the holidays
Social Studies -
- - Chapter 2
Our focus: Ch.2 Review; open-book
test Friday; America's Thanksgiving
NO Daily Geography this week.
Thank
you to Emma A.'s mom and Cami's dad and granddad for sharing their military experiences
with our class!
Thank you to Mati and her mom for the beautiful door decoration
- look for it online!
Important Dates
November 24 - 28 -
Thanksgiving Holidays
Monday, Dec. 1st
Return to school.
Week of Dec. 8th
Food Drive
Collect Thursday
Wednesday, Dec. 10th
Bank Day
Tuesday, Dec. 16th
PTA meeting and Chorus Concert
6:30 pm
Wed. Dec. 17th
4th Grade Holiday Parties
Band Concert 6:30 pm
Thursday, Dec. 18th
Sicily's Pizza Night
5th and 6th Grade Holiday Parties
Friday, Dec. 19th
Half day: Dismissal at 12:41
Dec. 20th- Jan. 4th
Holiday
Monday, Jan. 5th
Happy New Year
School reopens!!!!STPSB Calendar 2008-2009 School Year