Monday Memo
September 28, 2015
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a great weekend! We enjoyed wearing
different themes each day to celebrate Homecoming week! The students enjoyed
the parade on Friday and the outdoor assembly on Monday. That was a lot of
fun!! Just a reminder to let me know, via email, text, phone call, or planner
if you would be interested in being a room mother for one or more of our 3
parties. Thank-you in advance for your time with that!!
We are continuing our review of skills this week as well
as working on the genre: Mysteries. The
students are listening to the story Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective. With that, they are doing
a variety of skills and activities. We are writing a mystery story and working
on solving a few mysteries as well. We do a daily SRA as well, that is at their
reading level. If they get a 90% or better, they get a sticker for their SRA
chart. Once they fill a row, they get a prize!! Next week we will be beginning
our new theme for reading! We do have a spelling list for this review week,
with the spelling test being on Thursday. Our grammar lessons are all review of
the previously learned concepts. The students RC book is due on Wednesday.
(They are due the 15th and end of each month). Most of them have
quizzed over at least one Encyclopedia Brown book and are either reading a
second one or they are reading from another mystery series. Thank-you for having them read at least 15
minutes each night!! I will be giving them their new book if they have passed
their September 30th RC quiz. Their new book is Bound For Oregon.
This is a book that I will read a chapter each day and assign a chapter to be
read each night. It may not take them 15 minutes to read a chapter each night
and if they have something else they want to read, great, otherwise I am just
assigning them to read a chapter each night and really know it. If you need to
read it to them or read a page and they read a page, I know that will be better
for some of the readers. It is a great book though, that I really want them to
experience regardless of their reading level!
For math this week, we will be continuing with rounding
of numbers but now without the number line. We will be using numbers up to a
million to round off. We also have our daily review and our daily fact sheet.
Math is a busy time for us!!
We will be continuing on our plant behaviors and
adaptations lessons. The students will bring home a study guide on Thursday,
with the test on Friday!! Thanks for making sure they are studying those study
guides as it really help them with their test scores!!
As always, please call with any questions or concerns!!
Have a great week!
Sincerely,
Chris Mallen
Phone: (Home) 444-3093
(School) 444-4300 ext. 336
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