Friday, September 19, 2008

September 22-26


Odds and Ends

*Picture Day: A reminder note was sent home this week about picture day. Picture day will be Thursday, 9/25. An order form will be sent home on Monday. Please turn in your order and money by Thurs.

*Goo, Glob, Guts: Please turn in your money ASAP! The cost is $6.50 for this in-school "field trip". It will take place on Tuesday, 9/30.

*Magazine Turn In: If your child is participating in the magazine drive, the first turn in day is
Tues. 9/23.

*DONATIONS NEEDED: To celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday, the following items are needed by Fri. 9/26. Thank you in advance for your help!


*100% juice Apple juice boxes (24)
* plastic bowls (24)
*plastic spoons (24)


IMPORTANT DATES

*Tues. 9/23: Reading: Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip Vocabulary Quiz
*Thurs. 9/25: Picture Day
*Fri. 9/26: Spelling: List 4 Test
Johnny Appleseed's Birthday :Please send in a peeled, sliced, and cored apple today!


A LOOK AHEAD!

Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Class:

*Reading: The students are working on the preview and prediction strategy. We read Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip as we worked on this strategy. There will be a short vocabulary quiz covering the 7 words from this story on Tues. 9/23. We will focus on this strategy as we read leveled readers next week. We will celebrate Johnny Appleseed's Birthday on Friday. Your child received a note from their homeroom teacher about bringing in a peeled, sliced, and cored apple into class on Friday 9/26. We will cook them in a crock pot to make homemade applesauce. We will also learn more about Johnny Appleseed and his important role in history!

*English: Ask your child about Mr. Morton! We are learning about subjects and predicates. We will continue to focus on this next week.

*Spelling: We will work on List 4 this week, plural words ending in s or es. There will be a pretest on Monday and a graded test on Friday.

Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies Class:

*Science: We will continue to learn about the human body. Up next: Respiratory and Digestive Systems!

*Social Studies: The students did a great job on our continent and ocean unit. We will focus on the hemispheres next, learning about the equator, prime meridian, and more!

Mrs. Olsen' Math Class:

Math: We have completed ch 1 in our textbook. We will continue to work on the concepts of place value through out the next chapter. Chapter 2 will cover ordering numbers, comparing numbers, and rounding! Keep practicing these skills as home as well!

Thank you for checking in this week. I hope you enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend and once again, GO CUBBIES =)

~Mrs. Olsen