October 18, 2013

WEEKEND NEWS

October 18, 2013

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

ROOM 5 MOTTO:  “DO YOUR BEST!!!”

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

v  THANKS to our wonderful parents for a GREAT ART MOMS & DADS lesson!  The students loved it!!

v  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

v  Red Ribbon Week (Drug Awareness Week) will be held Wednesday, Oct. 23 – Wednesday, Oct. 31.  These are the days:

v  Wednesday: Put a CAP on drugs!  Wear a cap to school.

v  Thursday:  We are too BRIGHT to do drugs! Wear something bright.

v  Friday:  Show your Ellis pride by being drug free!  Wear Ellis colors: gray, blue, pink

v  Monday: Say “BOO!” to drugs! Wear orange and black clothes.

v  Tuesday:  SOCK-IT to drugs!  Wear crazy socks.

v  Wednesday:  TEAM up against drugs! Wear sports or team gear.

v  Thursday:  REDy to be drug free! Wear as much red as possible.

v  Thanks for supporting Ellis on McTeacher's night!

v  BOOK FAIR next Monday – Friday.  Students may bring money to buy books and other items during recess times. Please see the flyer that is being sent home today.

THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK

v   Language:  Drops In The Bucket C9

v          Math:  Homework and Remembering 3-1

v  Math:  Drops In The Bucket #33

v   Reading: Parent Biography Interview See attached Interview Sheet

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

READING & LANGUAGE SKILLS FOR NEXT WEEK’S STORY

STORY:  Boss of the Plains

COMPREHENSION SKILLS & STRATEGIES:

Generalizations/Inferences:  use clues from the text and personal experience to make a prediction or inference about the story

SUFFIXES: -er, -or, -ist

SPELLING:  /är/, /âr/ and /îr/

LANGUAGE:  Plural Nouns

VOCABULARY SKILL:  Using context clues to determine definitions of unknown words

VOCABULARY WORDS:  adventures, determined, frontier, gear, opportunity, pioneers, settlers, tanned, wranglers

MATH SKILLS ADDRESS NEXT WEEK:

ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION METHODS

·         Practice various methods to solve problems

·         Solve multi-step word problems

·         Use rounding and estimation to solve word problems

MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION

·         Continued practice on multiplication and division facts 0-12                                                 

Thanks for all you do to help our students succeed!

Denise Thompson