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Sunday, August 28, 2016

The week of August 29th through Sept. 1st, 2016

Assessments:  We are finishing up with our MAP assessments that will set our learning goals for the year.  We have completed the Math test and will take the Reading and Language tests this week.  The kids were amazing at signing on easily and quickly!  Great job listening!

Math:  Starting Multiplication this week!  CCSS: Students will learn how to use multiplication to understand "groups of" and number of groups.  Students will have homework on the days we have a math lesson.  Please see the homework section below.
     Math4Today:  working on rounding numbers to nearest 10 & nearest 100, addition and subtraction problems, gathering information from graph, story problems.  

Reading:  Starting our first class chapter book:  Charlotte's Web!  We will work on vocabulary and comprehension questions as we enjoy our way through our first book!  

Language:  Grammar lesson #1:  A sentence expresses a complete thought and every sentence has two parts- a subject and a predicate.
Word of the Day vocabulary:  impatient, appliance, appropriate, mumble.
DOL:  Daily Oral Language-fixing grammar, spelling and punctuation errors in sentences.

ART:  Piet Mondrian- Composition of red, blue, yellow and black:  Students created their own interpretation of Mondrian's art form. They look awesome!!

Date to Remember:

Tuesday:  Pizza orders due for Wednesday lunch. (The senior class sells pizza every week to raise money for their class trip at the end of the year.  Students can purchase a slice of cheese or pepperoni for $1 each.  We collect the orders and money on Tuesdays and the students receive their pizza at their lunch time on Wednesday.  Students cannot purchase pizza on Wednesday.

NO SCHOOL on Friday, September 2nd and Monday 5th for the Labor Day weekend.  Enjoy four days off together!!

Friday, September 9th:  First swimming lesson at the YMCA!  

Reminder:  Please remind your child to bring a snack each day, especially those eating hot lunch as we eat very late in our day at 12:40 pm.  We stop each day at 10:20 am for a snack to keep ourselves fueled up for learning!  

Share days and taking Shelby home will start on Tuesday, September 6th.

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