WEEK 2

THANKS MARY!
Dear Parents,
Thank you for all of your support at home these first two weeks. Our class is off to a great start and has been very responsible returning the massive amounts of paperwork at the beginning of the year, along with their homework assignments.

I started a new spelling blog at: http://mrsweetspelling.blogspot.com with all of our week's words posted on Monday afternoons. When the 5th grade is doing a story from our HM Literature Book the first 20 words will be in that book on the page specified. The last 10 vocabulary words will be posted on the blog.

Please remember that our Back to School Night will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 27th for upper grades. Please make every effort to come to this presentation to learn all you need to know about our class and what we'll need to do, as a team, to have a successful year together.

This week our class will be reading some exciting stories in both 4th and 5th grade. In 4th grade we will read about the Titanic and in 5th we will be reading a story entitled, "The Eye of the Storm." Our class is finishing up our Bio Poems and Acrostic Poetry. In addition, the 4th graders are learning about the Native Americans in CA History and doing an art project . The 5th graders are studying the famous explorers and creating a brochure working while researching their person in pairs.

This week we are also starting News Teams. I will be sending the grading sheet home with each child on Monday. These grading sheets should be stapled to the article they will be sharing with the class.

Weekly Riddle
What gets wetter as it dries?

WEEKLY QUOTE
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Gandhi
What gets wetter as it dries?

HOMEWORK MONDAY
*Reading-20-4-1
Finish Math L12
*Spelling in Cursive due Fridays-
4th p. 33 & 35 in purple spelling book
5th p. 29-31 in orange wkbk
*Writing-Patience activity due Tuesday
*News Team Summaries Due Thursday
*Sign Internet Form
*Extra Credit-Research and create a 1-page
newspaper about a famous Natural Disaster(Use computer)
Due next Monday


HOMEWORK TUESDAY
*Reading-20-4-1
Finish Math L14
*Spelling in Cursive due Fridays-
*News Team Summaries Due Thursday-Typed or neatly written
*Extra Credit-See Monday
*Finish Name Acrostic with color


HOMEWORK WEDNESDAY
*Reading-20-4-1
Finish Math L16
*News Team Summaries Due Thursday-Typed, or neatly written-Practice Speech
*Extra Credit-See Monday

HOMEWORK THURSDAY
Finish Math L18
Finish Spelling HW
Finish Perfect Paragraph
Rehearse News Team for Presentation
STUDY!
EXTRA CREDIT-Due Monday