Mrs. Brenner’s Weekly Newsletter: November 7, 2011
*********** Congratulations Top AR Readers ***********
Top 10 Point Earners for the whole school year:
Alex
Amoi
Jeremy
Ellie
Nyla
Michael
Austin
Danilo
Ashley
Nelson
Top 10 Point Earners for the Second Nine Weeks:
Amoi
Michael
Jeremy
Josh and Austin tied
Alex
Ashley
Ellie
Nyla and Nevin tied
Ria Nelson and Dylan tied
*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.
Two free online puzzle makers can be used with our words:
http://www.puzzle-maker.com/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=15234126&CFTOKEN=66397145
This week’s spelling words: build cute suit use bruise
may water bloom find way
Bonus word: autumn
This week in class we will focus on: long and short “U” 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 be working on two digit subtraction with reqrouping/borrowing ones from the tens or hundreds. 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:*******
Danilo 2201
Nevin 1975
Alex 1633
Jeremy 882
Nelson 856
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 8: No School
November 9: Stevi B’s Night
November 15: Thanksgiving Lunches
November 18: Hat Day and Spirit Day
November 21-25: No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)
