Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {week of Sept. 5-8}

• COUPON BOOKS: Were sent home last week. It is our goal for each student to sell 3 coupon books. The first turn in date for money is Wednesday, September 13th. 
• 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, August 28th, 10am: Parent Support Association Meeting - if interested
• Monday, September 4th LABOR DAY, NO SCHOOL!
• 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: Compare and Contrast
• Strategy:  Background Knowledge
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues for multiple meaning words
• Vocabulary Words: laundry, section, shelves, spoiled, store, thousands, traded, variety

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: commands and exclamations
• Spelling Skill: Vowel digraphs
• Spelling Words: clean, agree, teeth, dream, grain, coach, display, window, shadow, cheese, peach, braid, Sunday, float, thrown, entertain, complain, bleachers, willow, wheat
• Writing:   Paragraph organization

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday: Spelling homework (only 2 activities required due to a short week), Grammar pg. 13 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 14 (if not completed in class)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today:  Sequence & Compare/Contrast Test, Commands/ Exclamations Grammar Test
• Friday: Tests Today:  Complete Sequence & Compare/Contrast Test, Spelling Test, DLR 4 Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 8/28-9/1}

• 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, August 28th, 10am: Parent Support Association Meeting - if interested
• Monday, September 4th LABOR DAY, NO SCHOOL!
• 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. 

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: Sequence

            Strategy:  Visualize & Review Summarizing

            Vocabulary Skill: Glossary/Dictionary

            Vocabulary Words: gear, parka, splendid, twitch, willow, yanked

LANGUAGE ARTS:

            Grammar Skill: statements and questions

            Spelling Skill: Base words and Endings -ed, -ing, -er, -est

             Spelling Words: using, getting, easiest, swimming, heavier, greatest, pleased,                          emptied, leaving, worried, strangest, freezing, funniest, angrier, shopped, included,                 occurred, supplying, scarier, happiest 

            Writing:   

ASSIGNMENTS

           Monday: spelling homework assigned  --> due Friday

           Tuesday: Grammar pg. 9 (if not completed in class)

           Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 10 (if not completed in class)

                   ~ Study for for vocabulary quiz

            Thursday: 

                   ~ Tests Today:  Vocabulary Quiz, Statements/Questions Grammar Test

            Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test, DLR 3 Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 8/21-8/25}

• 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. 

• Doors open daily at 7:15

• Park in parking lots only.

•  Parking along the front loop is NOT ALLOWED and poses a major safety issue for our students. PLEASE USE CROSSWALKS.

• NO WALKING UP TO GET YOUR CHILD FROM THE CARPOOL AREA

• Parents are allowed to have lunch with their children. Please be mindful this is not a time for parent/teacher conferences. Please respect that this is also the teachers’ lunch period. If you will be staying for more than one lunch period it required for you to wait in the front office or in the lunchroom between lunch periods.

• See the Tardy Policy on the DPES website if you have questions. Tardies begin on Monday. 

• 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. 

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: Sequence
• Strategy: summarize
• Vocabulary Skill: compound words
• Vocabulary Words: carpenter, carpetmaker, knowledge, marketplace, merchant, plenty, straying, thread

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: statements and questions
• Spelling Skill: plurals
• Spelling Words: pennies, inches, plants, families, bodies, glasses, wishes, pockets, lists, copies, parties, bunches, crashes, supplies, pencils, accidents, libraries, mysteries, carpenters, merchants 
• Writing:   

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: spelling homework assigned  --> due Friday
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 5 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 6 (if not completed in class)
• Study for for vocabulary quiz
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today:  Character/Sequence Comprehension Test, Statements/Questions Grammar Test
• Friday: Tests Today: Complete Comprehension Test, Spelling Test, DLR 2 Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 8/14-8/18}

• 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 last week. 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. 

• Doors open daily at 7:15

• Park in parking lots only.

•  Beginning Monday, August 15, we will require students to walk themselves to class. If parents have business to handle within the school, you must enter the FRONT DOORS only, sign in at the front office, and receive a visitor pass.

•  Parking along the front loop is NOT ALLOWED and poses a major safety issue for our students. PLEASE USE CROSSWALKS.

• NO WALKING UP TO GET YOUR CHILD FROM THE CARPOOL AREA

• Send back all completed paperwork and supplies

• Parents are allowed to have lunch with their children. Please be mindful this is not a time for parent/teacher conferences. Please respect that this is also the teachers’ lunch period. If you will be staying for more than one lunch period it required for you to wait in the front office or in the lunchroom between lunch periods.

• See the Tardy Policy on the DPES website if you have questions. Tardies begin on Monday. 

• 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. 

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: Story Elements: Character, setting, theme
• Strategy: background knowledge
• Vocabulary Skill: homophones
• Vocabulary Words: bat, battery, blew, fuel, plug, term, vision

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: sentences and fragments
• Spelling Skill: Short syllables - vc/cv pattern 
• Spelling Words: happen, lettuce, basket, winter, sister, problem, supper, subject, lesson, spelling, napkin, collar, traffic, suggest, puppet, skillet, picnic, planet, system, pumpkin
• Writing:   

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: spelling homework assigned  --> due Friday
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 1 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 2 (if not completed in class)
• Study for for vocabulary quiz
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today:  Vocab Quiz, Sentences/Fragments Test
• Friday: Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR 1 Quiz

Announcements, Plans and Assignments (Week of May 22nd-26th)

• *Remember* Thursday May 25th is Teacher in-service day, students are NOT to attend school that day. Friday May 26th is our LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
• AWARDS DAY: Awards day will be Wednesday May 24th at 1:30 pm. If your child is getting an award, you should have received a slip of paper with which award they are getting. 
• End of the year grades: as the year is coming to a close, we will continue on as usual with grades and testing throughout this week.
• 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

All week we will be partaking in activities preparing students for summer, the end of the year and 4th grade!!!

Announcements, Plans & Assignments (Week of May 15th - 19th)

• End of the year grades: as the year is coming to a close, we will continue on as usual with grades and testing throughout this week.
• 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: Cause & Effect
• Strategy: Inferring
• Vocabulary Skill: Antonyms
• Vocabulary Words:  bows, chilly, foolish, foreign, narrow, perches, recipe

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Abbreviations
• Spelling Skill: schwa
• Spelling Words: above, another, upon, animal, paper, open, family, travel, afraid, nickel, sugar, circus, item, gallon, melon, character, cardinal, Oregon, particular, dinosaur
• Writing:  Poerty: Limerick

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
• Tuesday: Grammar Front Page (if not done in class)
• Wednesday: Grammar Back Page (if not done in class)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today: Grammar Test (Abbreviations), DLR Quiz
• Friday: 
• Test Today: Comprehension Test (Cause & Effect, Vocab included), Spelling Test

Announcements, Plans and Assignments (Week of May 8th - 12th)

• End of the year grades: as the year is coming to a close, we will continue on as usual with grades and testing throughout this week and next.
• 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 & Opinion
• Strategy: Questioning
• Vocabulary Skill: Prefix un-
• Vocabulary Words:  crown, liberty, models, symbol. tablet, torch, unforgettable, unveiled

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Capital Letters
• Spelling Skill: Vowel sounds in moon and foot
• Spelling Words: few, school, true, goose, fruit, cookie, cushion, noodle, bookmark, balloon, suit, chew, glue, tuesday, bushel
• Writing:  Notes

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 101 (if not done in class)
• Wednesday: Grammar pg. 102 (if not done in class)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today: Grammar Test (Capital Letters), DLR Quiz
• Friday: 
• Test Today: Comprehension Test (Fact & Opinion, Vocab included), Spelling Test
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