Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of August 17th}

What a wonderful start to the 2015-2016 school year we've had so far! I've enjoyed getting to know each student and look forward to getting to know each child better over the course of the coming weeks.

Below you will find school and classroom announcements, the skills we are working on this week in class, and a schedule of assignments for the week. Please let me know if you have any questions!

I'm looking forward to another great week!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Your child will bring home a Scholastic Book brochure this week. I encourage you to check out the books and possibly offer to purchase one for your child as a reward, incentive, etc. These are great, quality books at a terrific price! To order, simply click below!

Should you need our class activation code, it is: L7VRY

The more books YOU order, the more reward points our class earns to purchase new books for the classroom library. It's a win for all! :-)

• Please be sure to check your child's tickets each night. 
• Carpool and Front Doors will open at 7:15am daily
• Parents may continue to walk students to class this week. However, beginning August 24th, students must enter the building by themselves.
• Please be patient with the dismissal process. As routines are learned and kinks smoothed out, the process should speed up.
• Walkers are NOT allowed to walk through any parking lots
• Please ensure your child has TENNIS shoes for PE. This is a requirement. They may change shoes prior to PE
• Please ensure that your child's clothing follows dress code. No flip flops or slides. 
• DPES tardy policy will be enforced beginning MONDAY, AUGUST 24^th . Therefore, any student not seated in his/her classroom when the 8:00 bell rings is considered tardy to school. A student arriving after 8:00 a.m. must report with his/her parent/guardian to the front office and sign in, giving the reason for being late. Students that are signing in late due to a doctor/dentist appointment must have an excuse from the doctor/dentist to be considered an excused tardy.
• Please see the DPES website for the latest announcements and be sure to check out the calendar for all upcoming events!

PLANS

READING:

• Skill: Story Elements - character and setting
• Strategy: Background Knowledge
• Vocabulary Skill: Homonyms
• Vocabulary Words: bum, expensive, fiery, knocker, magnificent, unfortunately, whole

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Sentences and Fragments
• Spelling Skill: words with VC/CV syllable pattern (vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel - spel/ling)
• Spelling Words: happen, lettuce, basket, winter, sister, problem, supper, subject, lesson, spelling, napkin, collar, traffic, suggest, puppet, skillet, picnic, planet, system, pumpkin
• Writing: Begin writers workshop, Ideas--> how to generate with ideas, narrow focus

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling homework assigned, 3 activities due FRIDAY
• Wednesday: Study for vocabulary quiz
• Thursday:
• Tests today: Vocabulary Quiz, Sentence and Fragment Test
• Study for Spelling Test and DLR Quiz
• Friday: 
• Tests today: Spelling Test and DLR Quiz