Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 9/10-9/14}

• Dippin' Dots will be sold on Tuesdays in the Lunchroom - $2
• APT dues are being collected - $5 per family 
• If you missed "Meet the Principal" Night, find the powerpoint on the DPES webpage
• See the DPES webpage about the envelope fundraiser
• We encourage you to sign up for Notify Me and the Inow Parent Portal to view your child's grades
• 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.
• Monday, September 3rd LABOR DAY, NO SCHOOL!
• Thursday, September 6th: Progress Reports sent home 
• 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. 

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Our class activation code is: L7VRY

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! :-)

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 6 Quiz and Spelling Test
• Tests Today:  Vocabulary Quiz, Compound Sentences Grammar Test
• Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 6 Quiz