Announcements, Plans, and Assignments (Week of Feb. 22- 24th)

*** THERE WILL BE TESTS GIVEN THIS WEEK. The tests given will NOT be put into the grade book/INOW. These tests are simply for the students to keep in practice, and for myself to assess the students' understanding.***

• Thursday,March 2nd: Literacy night 5:30-7:00 (Bring in books from home any time between now and March 1st to be able to trade books. There will be a spaghetti dinner served.)
• Monday, March 6th: Super Scientific Circus Field Trip
• Visitors: if you visit for lunch, please sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
• DPES T-Shirts: Available through the supply store $10 - Click HERE for the order form
• ~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: Fact and Opinion
• Strategy: questioning 
• Vocabulary Skill: Multiple Meaning 
• Vocabulary Words:  celebrate, continued, current, drowned, metals, strokes, stirred

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Contractions
• Spelling Skill: Suffixes: -er, -or, -est, -ist 
• Spelling Words: dentist, editor, artist, hostess, actress, swimmer, seller, tutor, tourist, organist, lioness, shipper, chemist, investor, conductor, announcer, pharmacist, pianist, journalist 
• Writing:   Autobiorgraphy 

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
• Tuesday: Complete Grammar Pg. 73 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday: Complete Grammar Pg. 74 (if not completed in class), Study for Reading Test (Generalization & Graphic Sources)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today: Contractions grammar quiz, begin comprehension test (Fact and Opinion)
• Friday: 
• Tests Today: DLR 24 Quiz, Spelling Test, Complete comprehension test (Fact and Opinion)