Week of September 14th-18th

Thank you again to all the families who came out to Open House on Thursday.  We had a great turn out!  Please continue to join our PTA!  The PowerPoint has been e-mailed, please let us know if you have any questions.

Academics this week:  
ELA:

Here are the vocabulary words for the week. Test on Friday.

Reader's Response Journal (RRJ) Due Friday.
Please make sure students have an independent reading book with them at all times.  I have a large library with many books for checkout! :)

We are currently studying the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" document in preparation for our novel study which will begin in a few weeks.  The novel is Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan.
We only have a class set of the novels which makes it difficult for students when they miss a day or when they would like to annotate the text. It would be very helpful for students to have individual copies of the book.  If you would like your child to have his or her own copy of the book, it can be purchased from Barnes and Noble for $6.99.
It is a very enjoyable book and goes along very well with our study of Human Rights!

Math: We will continue our work with decimals: rounding decimals, adding & subtracting decimals, etc...

Monday night homework for math is to complete 2 extra lessons on i-Ready.  I assigned some topic specific lessons that will help the students grasp the concept of place value, and decimal rounding.  Remember, if children are not able to get on at home they need to come in at 8:00 to complete these lessons.

Science: After wrapping up Chapter 1 last week, we will begin discussing minerals and rocks.  We will have several hands on investigations during this unit.  We will also use the computer program Gizmo's to explore further.

Resources:
Monday- Music
Wednesday- P.E.
Thursday- Art

Upcoming Event:
Wednesday, Sept. 23rd- Early Release
Friday, Sept. 25th- Progress Reports sent home