Monday, October 7, 2013

Weekly Update October 7, 2013

Please remember to sign your student's agenda.  I check agendas Monday morning for signatures.  Home Reading should be included in the Agenda with the book name and time read.

WE CARE KITS--The students will be assembling kits in our classroom and delivering them to CLWR at the end of the month.  Items are due on Oct. 11.  Check with your child to see what item they are bringing.  We will assemble 13 kits as a class.

ELA--Students viewed each others Timeline Projects on Friday.  They looked great!  We will be starting a Story Writing/Elements Unit. Spelling Worksheets are due each Friday with a Spelling Test as well.  Four Reader Responses are due on November 1. 

Math--Gr. 7--Students are working on Ch. 2--Operations on Decimal Numbers.  Test will be at the end of the week.

Math--Gr. 8--Students are working on Ch. 2--Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Reasoning. Test will be at the end of the week.

Social Studies--Students continue to work on their view of history and how we have learned from history.


If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school or email me directly.


Important Dates
Oct. 8--Shops p.m.
Oct. 9--Lunch Lady Hot Lunch
Oct. 11--We Care Kit Items due
Oct. 14--Thanksgiving Monday, No Classes
Oct. 17--Shops p.m.
Oct. 24--CLWR Visit a.m.
Oct. 25--SAGE, No Classes
Oct. 29--MTYP a.m.
Oct. 30--WE Day, more info. to follow
Oct. 31--Halloween Day
Nov. 2--Christmas Tea and Coffee House