Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Oct 23-26}

• Tuesday, Oct. 23^rd    I’m Too Smart for Drugs!
• All students will receive “Smarties” candy to show that We Are Too Smart for Drugs!
• Sign the class RED RIBBON to pledge to be DRUG FREE!  Display it in the hallway!
• Wednesday, Oct. 24^th    Don’t Let Drugs MIX You Up!
• Wear mismatched clothes today!
• Draw a picture on the “Drug Free” poster!  Display it in the hallway!
• Thursday, Oct. 25^th    My Character Counts – I Care About Others!
• Today is Character Trait Recognition Day – “Caring for others means saying “NO To Bullying!”
• Students wear RED today!  RED is the character color for “CARING”!
• Friday, Oct. 26th     Team Up Against Drugs!
• Wear your favorite team t-shirt or school t-shirt!

• Friday 10/26 - Honor Roll/ Up-by-Two Celebration
• Friday 10/26 - Picture retakes
• Monday 10/29 - Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends
• Wednesday 10/31 - Halloween Party - More info to come!
• Monday 11/26 - Field Trip to Wetumpka Depot play - Junie B. Jones
• PE T-shirts - The PE department is selling tshirts. The money will be taken up until 
  October 26th. Order forms can be found in school publications.
• Dippin' Dots will be sold on Tuesdays in the Lunchroom - $2
• 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.
• 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! :-)

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