Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 9/4-9/7}

• Dippin' Dots will be sold on Tuesdays in the Lunchroom - $2
• APT dues are being collected - $5 per family 
• 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! :-)

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: Study spelling and DLR 5
• Tests Today:  Compare/Contrast Test, Commands/ Exclamations Grammar Test
• Friday: Tests Today:  Complete Compare/Contrast Test, Spelling Test, DLR 5 Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 8/27}

• APT dues are being collected - $5 per family 
• 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. 

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: Study Vocab words and Spelling words

                   ~ Tests Today:  Comprehension Test, Statements/Questions Grammar Test

            Friday: Tests Today:  Spelling Test, DLR 4 Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of 8/20}

ANNOUNEMENTS:

• APT and Meet the Principal Night: August 21^{st -} Two Sessions will be offered...5:30 and 7:00. Hope to see you there!

• Snack (3^rd-6^th): purchase juice and snack from 7:15-7:45, before going to homeroom 

*Morning Carpool

• Students cannot be dropped off or picked up in the front parking lot, please use carpool line located on Jay St. and McQueen Smith

• Always pull completely forward and wait for all cars to unload. Do not go around the cars in front of you.

• McQueen Smith loop closes at 7:45, Jay St. loop closes at 7:55  

*Afternoon Carpool

•  Please write your child’s name in LARGE print on a paper plate or piece of paper
• 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 (Students are ONLY required to do homework on the words missed on the pretest on Monday; pretest is sent home. Students who miss 0-2 words (make an A) do not have to do the homework or take the test on Friday.)
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 5 (if not completed in class)
• Wednesday:  Grammar pg. 6 (if not completed in class)
• Study for vocabulary
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today:  Sequence Comprehension Test with vocabulary, Subject/predicate Grammar Test
• Friday: 
• Tests Today: Complete Comprehension Test, Spelling Test, DLR 3 Quiz

Announcements, plans, and Assignments (Week of 8/13/18)

• 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

•  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.
• DPES planners will be available for $5.00 each.
• Students are required to wear TENNIS shoes during PE.  They are allowed to change before they begin PE. 

• Review the DPES dress code.
• 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 

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 2 Quiz

Announcement, Plans, and Assignments {Week of April 23 - 27}

• Thursday, April 5th, 8 AM: ALL field trip money due!!
• Friday, April 6th: Honor Roll Parties -  send $$ for extras at the party, such as candy and soft drinks
• Monday, April 9th: READING PERFORMANCE SERIES. PLEASE reinforce how important it is for your child to DO THEIR BEST on this test!!!
• Monday, April 16th: MATH PERFORMANCE SERIES
• Friday, April 20th: weather day - NO SCHOOL
• Thursday, May 3: Field Day
• Friday, May 11th: Camp Butter and Egg Field Trip
• Thursday, May 24th: Inservice - NO SCHOOL
• Friday, May 25th: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• Visitors: if you visit for lunch, please sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
• ~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), The Statue of Liberty Test w/ vocabulary
• Friday: 
• Test Today: DLR Quiz, Spelling Test

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of April 3-6}

• Thursday, April 5th, 8 AM: ALL field trip money due!!
• Friday, April 6th: Honor Roll Parties -  send $$ for extras at the party, such as candy and soft drinks
• Monday, April 9th: READING PERFORMANCE SERIES. PLEASE reinforce how important it is for your child to DO THEIR BEST on this test!!!
• Monday, April 16th: MATH PERFORMANCE SERIES
• Friday, April 20th: weather day - NO SCHOOL
• Thursday, May 3: Field Day
• Friday, May 11th: Camp Butter and Egg Field Trip
• Thursday, May 24th: Inservice - NO SCHOOL
• Friday, May 25th: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• Visitors: if you visit for lunch, please sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
• ~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: Sequence 
• Strategy: Clarify
• Vocabulary Skill: Compound Words 
• Vocabulary Words:  airport, cellar, curious, delicious, described, farewell, homesick, memories, raindrops

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Adverb
• Spelling Skill: Vowel Patterns: au, augh, ou, ough
• Spelling Words: because, though, taught, bought, touch, would, author, could, enough, sausage, fought, should, faucet, daughter, brought, laundry distraught, afterthought, auditorium, overwrought
• Writing:   3rd Writing Prompt

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 89 (if not done in class)
• Wednesday: Grammar pg. 90 (if not done in class)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today: Sequence + Vocab Test, Grammar Test (Adverbs)
• Friday: 
• Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR Quiz

Announcements, Plans, and Assignments {Week of March 12-16}

• Friday, March 16th: Spring Pictures
• Wednesday, March 14th: 3rd 9 Weeks ends
• Friday, March 16th: Mother's Day Cake order forms due
• Wed, March 21: Report cards sent home
• Friday, March 23: Honor Roll Celebration
• Monday, March 26-30: Spring Break
• Visitors: if you visit for lunch, please sit at the assigned visitor tables and with your child only. Thank you!
• ~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: Compare and Contrast
• Strategy: Visualize
• Vocabulary Skill: Synonyms 
• Vocabulary Words:  cotton, festival, graceful, handkerchief, paces. pale, rhythm, snug

LANGUAGE ARTS:

• Grammar Skill: Adjectives and Articles
• Spelling Skill: syllable patterns
• Spelling Words: create, medium, piano, idea, radio, video, studio, violin, duo, patio, rodeo, pioneer, trio, stadium, audio, audience, radiate, cereal, Creole, recreation
• Writing:   Organizatoin 

ASSIGNMENTS

• Monday: Spelling Homework Assigned
• Tuesday: Grammar pg. 81 (if not done in class)
• Wednesday: Grammar pg. 82 (if not done in class)
• Thursday: 
• Tests Today: Vocab Test, Grammar Test (Adjectives and Articles)
• Friday: 
• Tests Today: Spelling Test, DLR Quiz