Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 9/12 - 9/16}

• Wed. Sept. 14: Coupon Fundraiser DEADLINE!!! 

         -Each student who sells 5 coupon books will get to participate in a                    BOWLING DAY at Bama Lanes for $5!!! Each student who sells 10+                books gets to participate in a BOWLING DAY for FREE!

• Friday, September 16th: HAT DAY! Pay $1 to wear a hat. All proceeds will go toward the Field of Dreams
• Thursday, September 8th: Parent meeting for anyone interested in helping with this year's Fall Festival (Oct. 27th). The meeting will be at 3:30 in the DPES Library 
• 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!!! 
• Wednesday, September 14th: Chocolate Fundraiser Kickoff
• ~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: Author's Purpose
• Strategy:  Story Structure
• Vocabulary Skill: Prefixes and Suffixes
• Vocabulary Words: arranged, bundles, dangerously, errands, excitedly, steady, unwrapped, wobbled

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: compound Sentences
• Spelling Skill: Vowel diphthons /ou/ spelled ou, ow and /oi/ spelled oi, oy
• Spelling Words: proud, shower, hour, amount, voyage, choice, avoid, thousand, prowl, employ, bounce, poison, annoy, appoint, broil, however, mountain, coward, turmoil, chowder 
• Writing:   Paragraph organization

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling homework assigned
• Tuesday: , Grammar pg. 17 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 18 (if not completed in class), Study for Vocabulary Quiz
• Thursday: Study for DLR 5 Quiz and Spelling Test
• Tests Today:  Vocabulary Quiz, Compound Sentences Grammar Test
• Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 5 Quiz