Oct. 25, 2013

WEEKEND NEWS

October 25, 2013

ELLIS MOTTO:   “I AM RESPONSIBLE AND ALWAYS LEARNING!!!”

ROOM 5 MOTTO:  “DO YOUR BEST!!!”

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION

·         Thank you to all of the grandparents and special relatives/friends who were able to participate in the Grandparents and Granola days!

·         I want to personally thank the anonymous grandparent who bought a book for each teacher at Ellis.  Thank you so very much for your generosity and your suppo

 Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness Week)

• Monday: Say “BOO!” to drugs! Wear orange and black clothes.
• Tuesday:  SOCK-IT to drugs!  Wear crazy socks.
• Wednesday:  TEAM up against drugs! Wear sports or team gear.
• Thursday:  REDy to be drug free! Wear as much red as possible.

·         Donation of Candy:  If you would like to donate a bag of candy for classroom rewards/prizes for reading, homework, good behavior, etc. I would greatly appreciate it.  All of the Halloween candy will be on clearance soon. J

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK

§  Language:  Drops In The Bucket C10

§  Reading:  Fact or Inference.  Please remind your child that you make an inference when you use clues from the story to figure out

something that the author doesn't tell you.  Here is link for extra help/practice: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm  

§  Math:  Drops In The Bucket #34

§  Reading:  read nightly and fill out your reading log.

                        

 READING & LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR NEXT WEEK’S STORY

STORY:  Tanya’s Reunion

COMPREHENSION SKILLS & STRATEGIES:

Making Inferences:  Readers use clues from the author and experiences from their own lives to make inferences about story characters.

To make inferences, think about your own experiences and relate it to what you have read about the character.

PHONETICS:  A word root is part of a word that has meaning but cannot stand alone. Prefixes and suffixes are added to word roots.

spect means "to look at"

sign means "a sign or mark"

LANGUAGE:  Singular and Plural Nouns

VOCABULARY WORDS:  gathering, homestead, arrangements, reunion, persisted, pitches in, satisfaction, great-uncle

WRITING:  character sketch and run-on sentences

MATH SKILLS ADDRESS NEXT WEEK

SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION

·         Subtract strategies, subtract across zeroes

·         solve multiplication and division word problems

·         practice multiplication and division facts

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·         Here are some math web sites for your child to practice his/her math skills:  www.funbrain.com, www.mathisfun.com, www.coolmath-games.com

                                      

Have a wonderful weekend!

Denise Thompson