Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Oct. 16-20}

• Oct. 16-20: School Breakfast Week
• Friday, October 20th, 8am: Birmingham Zoo Field Trip money due
• Friday, October 20th: Picture Retakes
• Monday, October 23rd: Parent Report Card Day
• October 24-27: Red Ribbon Week
• Thursday, Oct. 26th, 9am: 3rd Grade Music Program
• Thursday, Oct. 26th, 5pm: Fall Festival 
• Order your PE shirts and sweatshirts HERE
• If you've not yet dowloaded the app and signed up for ClassDojo yet, please do so ASAP! Your child should have brought home his/her class code the first week of school. Please let me know if yours has been misplaced. This app will keep you up to date on your child's behavior at school, as well as allow me to send out messages and class updates.
• Sign up for Notify Me via the DPES website
• Follow the DPES Facebook page for announcements and updates
• Consider completing a parent survey HERE

• PLEASE send in BOX TOPS!

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS - Long onto the Scholastic book club website by clicking below. 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 HERE.

PLANS

READING:

• Skill: Draw Conclusions
• Strategy: Questioning
• Vocabulary Skill: Compound Words
• Vocabulary Words: butterflies, collection, enormous, scattered, shoelaces, strain

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Irregular Plural Nouns
• Spelling Skill: Compound Words
• Spelling Words: sunglasses, football, homework, haircut, popcorn, railroad, snowstorm, earring, scarecrow, blueberry, butterflies, lawnmower, campground, sandbox, toothbrush, thumbtack, earthquake, scrapbook, courthouse, whirlpool
• Writing:   Narratives, paragraph structure

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling homework assigned - due Friday
• Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 29 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 30 (if not completed in class), study vocab
• Thursday: Study for DLR 10 Quiz,  study spelling
• Tests Today: Vocabulary Quiz and Irregular Plural Nouns Test
• Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test, DLR 10 Quiz