Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of October 5-8}

• Tuesday, October 6th: Spirit Night @ Mexico Tipico 5-8pm
• Wednesday, October 7th - National Walk to School Day - the back loop carpool drop off will be closed WEDNESDAY only. Drop off will be at the McQueen Smith YMCA. Students will be supervised at they walk to school. Any and all students are invited to participate! Jay Street carpool line will be still be open
• Wednesday, October 7th: Chocolate Fundraiser Kick-Off!
• Thursday, October 8th -International Day (3rd grade will attend from 9:55-10:40am)
• Friday, October 9th - Monday October 12th: FALL BREAK - NO SCHOOL!
• October 22nd - Curriculum Night - There will be a music program followed by an opportunity for parents to break into grade level meetings to hear about the standards that will be addressed in the 2nd 9 weeks, and how parents can help their students at home. 
• Please see the note sent home on Monday regarding our new approach of vocabulary words and spelling words. Click HERE to access the note online. 
• Parent Survey - please give us valuable feedback by completing the DPES parent survey. Click HERE
• Red Ribbon and Bully Prevention Week T-shirt Order form HERE
• We're on FACEBOOK! "Like" the DPES page and receive all the latest updates via Facebook. 
• Please be sure to check your child's tickets and important notes each night. 
• 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 see the DPES website for the latest announcements and be sure to check out the calendar for all upcoming events!

PLANS

READING:

• Skill: Compare/Contrast 
• Strategy: Visualize
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
• Vocabulary Words: 

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Singular/Plural Nouns
• Spelling Skill: -le final syllable
• Spelling Words: handle, trouble, simple, people, middle, table, little, gentle, poodle, pickle, noodle, saddle, juggle, uncle, riddle, example, throttle, obstacle, miracle, muscle
• Writing:   Narrative using rubric

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling homework assigned *only TWO activities will need to be done this week due to the short week*(REMEMBER: Students who make a 100% on the pretest do not have spelling homework. Students are only responsible for completing homework on words missed on the pretest- they will still be tested on all 20 words on Friday.)
• Tuesday: 
• Wednesday Study for Spelling Test and  DLR 7 Quiz
• Tests Today: Begin Main Idea & Compare/Contrast Comprehension Test, possibly take Singluar/Plural Noun Test (dependent upon student readiness)
• Thursday: 
• Tests today: Finish Comprehension Test, DLR 8 Quiz, Spelling Test