Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of Oct. 30-Nov. 3}

• Tues. Oct. 31st, 12;15-1:15 - Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Stewart's Halloween Party. Please send assigned items with your child by Tuesday. 
• Thursday, Nov. 9th: Field Trip to Birmingham Zoo
• Friday, Nov. 10th: Observance of Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL
• Nov. 13-16: Book fair
• Nov.15th: Holiday Portraits
• Nov. 20-24th: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Holidays
• 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: Main Idea and Details
• Strategy: Text Structure
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
• Vocabulary Words: bill, goo, hunters, material, platform, tons, twigs

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Plural Possessive Nouns
• Spelling Skill: Consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, /ph/, /tch/, /ch/, /ng/
• Spelling Words: father, chapter, other, alphabet, watch, English, weather, catch, fashion, shrink, pitcher, flash, athlete, trophy, nephew, northern, establish, emphasis, hyphen, challenge
• Writing:   Narratives, paragraph structure

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling homework assigned
• Tuesday: Complete grammar pg. 37 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday: Complete grammar pg. 38 (if not completed in class)
• Thursday:  study spelling
• Tests Today: Plural Possessive Noun Test, Amazing Bird Nests vocab quiz
• Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test