Mrs. Brenner’s Weekly Newsletter: November 14, 2011
Top 10 AR Point Earners for the Second Nine Weeks
Michael
Amoi
Jeremy
Austin
Josh
Alex
Nevin
Nyla and Ashley tied
Ellie
Danilo
*Remember to study math facts, spelling list and to read and record 20 minutes or more in your reading log DAILY.
Your child should complete 3 or 4 of the spelling activities. The pages with the choices of activities will remain in your child’s folder. Your children have been doing a fantastic job on our weekly spelling tests.
This week’s spelling words: long little very after words
Next week teeth team treat
Bonus word: motion
This week in class we will focus on:
long and short “e” and cvc, cvce, cvvc, and oddball words (c=consonant and v=vowel)
Writing: 6+ 1 traits of writing, organizing our writing using a new graphic organizer, adding details, handwriting, and punctuation. We will also have lessons on details, word choice, using strong verbs when writing and transitional words such as first, second, third, next, then, before, after, etc.
Math: We will introduce plane shapes and angles. We will continue to work on two digit subtraction and addition with reqrouping. Every morning one of the first questions the children ask is who gets to wear the First in Math badge necklace. Please continue to encourage your child to practice on First in Math and myskilltutor.com .
*********Top Point Earners using First in Math:***********
Jeremy 4075 points
Danilo 2923 points
Nevin 2288 points
Alex 2205 points
Michael 1736 points
Science: We will be writing books about Energy. The children have already completed several pages. . After reading about heat, light, sound and motion, we will write a few sentences in our book. The children will also write about experiments that we will complete with each lesson. This week we will learn about motion.
Upcoming events:
November 15: Thanksgiving Lunches $2.75 for guests to Bells Ferry 11:50-12:20
November 18: Hat Day and Spirit Day
November 21-25: No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)
December 1: PTA meeting and Art Night
December 10: Holiday Shoppe 9:00-12:00
