Week 23 Newsletter

We are busy working on our Historical Reports and learning a lot about American History. Students have been drafting subtopics, finding information, analyzing maps and timelines. We will also have a speech attached to this report. We will be working on this for the next few weeks.

Today we started reading The Julian Chapter, a follow up to our beginning class novel, Wonder. We will be reading this for the next week or so, talking about kindness and how people can change.

Next Wednesday is Valentines Day. We will be having an exchange in class. If you plan on bringing in Valentines make sure you have one for every student in class (all 33 people). These are not required.

There will not be any spelling lists for the next two weeks due to the Monday holidays. We will resume the week of February 26th.


UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Monday, Feb 12
• Holiday, No School
• Wednesday, Feb 14
• Valentine Exchange
• Thursday, Feb 15
• Scholastic Book Orders due

October Scholastic Book Orders

Class Code - GVYZL

Order Due Date - 10/26/16

Subject: Scholastic Reading Club Class Order Due Date is approaching!

Dear Families,

This is a friendly reminder that your Reading Club orders are due by 10/26/16. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/readingclub using my class activation code: GVYZL

Happy Reading!

Weekly News: Week 4 & Friday Folders

Another week of school done! Week 4! We had a busy week with picture day, our first math test, as well as learning about the U.S. government.  Students are reading and writing a lot, producing lots of true stories from their lives, while reading books they enjoy.

Today, your student should have their red Friday Folder with them. This folder will start going home every Friday with a few things inside: their Weekly Progress Report, as well as their latest tests and assignments. In today's folder you should see their Mid Module 1 math test, as well as a few assignments from the beginning of the year.

It is important that you review their Progress Report, where I highlight their current strengths and concerns. This report is to help keep you apprised of everything that is happening at school. Please sign and have your child return the progress report and their red folder on Monday, Sept 12th. All of the school work papers are yours to keep. If you have questions regarding the Progress Report you can email me, or simply write a comment at the bottom of the page.

About once a month, you will also get a Grade Progress Report which will have your student's current grades in each subject. This takes a few weeks to get going, as we do not have very many assignments yet.

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Upcoming Events:

• Band & Strings meeting on Monday, Sept 12th. Students should have their instruments.
• Library Books due Monday.
• Scholastic Book Orders due on Wednesday, Sept 14th. Order online at scholastic.com and use our code GVYZL to join our classroom
• Social Studies Government quiz on Wednesday, Sept 14th

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Donations

• We are in need of Kleenex boxes. If you are willing to donate a box or two we would greatly appreciate it!

Last Book Orders

If you are interested in purchasing any books for the summer, check out the newest Scholastic Book Orders that went home last week. There are a lot of really great choices available.

Orders are due on Wednesday, May 18th!

Click below!

Scholastic Book Orders- November

Click on the link below to order any books for this month's Scholastic book order. Checks can also be sent in to school. Our order is due on Friday, November 13th.

A few book recommendations:

• Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
• Class Dismissed by Allan Woodrow
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
• Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick
• The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

Friday Folders & Progress Reports

Today in your child's backpack you should find our first Friday Folder & Progress Reports. The work included is yours to keep, as well as your child's progress report. Keep in mind that we just completed a writer's notebook check, so there will be a few writing grades on the next progress report.

If you could please sign the bottom of the orange Progress report page to let me know you have seen your student's grades.  Your student should bring that signed slip to class on Monday. And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Your student should know how they earned all of their grades.


Also... don't forget that our first Scholastic Book Orders are due on Wednesday, September 30th. We already have several orders and every order helps earn FREE BOOKS for our class library. You can order online by clicking on this banner below... our class code is GVYZL. You can also send in your order with a check and I will place it on Wednesday.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

Scholastic Book Orders

Today you should be seeing our Scholastic Book Order forms in your child's binder. Each month we will be sending home a selection of book orders for your student to choose from. If you would like to order online head to scholastic.com/readingclub and type in our class code: GVYZL or click on the red banner above. You can help our class earn FREE BOOKS for our library.

Our first order is due on Wednesday, September 30th.

Scholastic Book Club

It's almost the holidays, and if you are interested in picking out any gifts for your student, click on the picture above. I'll be placing a large Scholastic order on December 5th, in order to make sure the books arrive in time before we leave for Winter Break.

Parents, if you end up ordering anything for the purpose of a gift, and would like the order to remain a secret, please let me know and we can arrange how you pick it up.