Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Oct. 3-7}

• Oct. 4th, 5-8pm: Spirit Night @ Dairy Queen! 10% of all proceeds will return to DPES
• Octber 10th and 11th: Fall Break
• October 12th: 1st 9 Weeks Ends
• October 24th: Report Card Day - more information will be sent home soon. REMEMBER: if you cannot attend the 10  minute conference, report cards will be sent home with students the following day. 
• Thursday, October 27th: Fall Festival
• DPES T-Shirts: Available through the supply store $10 - Click HERE for the order form
• BOXTOPS: PLEASE collect and send in all your Boxtops! This is the easiest way to earn money for our classroom!!! 
• and THANK YOU to all who turned in Boxtops for the fall collection! I appreciate it more than you know! 
• ~BrainPop Jr.- Students may now access BrainpopJr from home! Username:dpes123, password: eagles  This is a great resource to review skills that have been previously taught at school, and the kids LOVE IT!!!
• ~Scholastic Book Orders-  (Thank you to those who've ordered!)
  Shop Online: www.scholastic.com/readingclub
  One-Time Class Activation Code: L7VRY
  • VISIT scholastic.com/readingclub  
  • ENTER the Class Activation Code (L7VRY)
  • SHOP from a carefully curated selection of the best books, value packs, and Storia eBooks 
  •  SUBMIT your order and earn FREE Books for our classroom 
  All book orders will be shipped to our classroom so we can celebrate the joy of reading together!
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! :-)

PLANS

READING:

• Skill: Compare and Contrast
• Strategy: Visualize
• Vocabulary Skill: Context clues
• Vocabulary Words: adorable, compassionate, exactly, iguana, mature, mention, trophies

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Singular and Plural Nouns
• Spelling Skill: final syllable -le
• Spelling Words: handle, trouble, simple, people, middle, table, little, gentle, poodle, pickle, noddle, saddle, jugle, uncle, riddle, example, throttle, obstacle, miracle, muscle
• Writing:   Narratives, paragraph structure

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling HW assigned
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 25 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday: Grammar pg. 26 (if not completed in class)
• Thursday: Study for DLR 8 Quiz and spelling test
• Tests Today:  Singular and Plural Noun test, Main Idea and Compare/Contrast Test
• Friday: Tests Today:  DLR 8 Quiz and spelling test, complete Main Idea and Compare/Contrast Test