Monday

9/8
Tuesday
9/9
Wednesday
9/10
-20 minutes of
reading
-$5 for Social
Studies Magazine
-20 minutes of
reading
-20 minutes of reading
-arts of s!eec" #or$s"eet
-Social Studies %uestions
Snea$ ee$ of Wee$
Se!tem&er 8' 201(

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Monday #it" your c"ild+s "ome#or$,
T"is ne#sletter is a great #ay to
$ee! you informed a&out #"at #e+re
doing in our classroom,
T"is ne#sletter is #ritten for
!arents and for students, -y reading
t"e ne#sletter' students #ill &e a&le
to $ee! trac$ of u!coming !ro.ects'
test dates' or s!ecial acti*ities,
/s al#ays' !lease email me if you
"a*e any %uestions0
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2eminders to Students
3on+t forget to &ring
your two
independent
reading books e*ery
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5otes for arents
lease sign your c"ild+s "ome#or$
e*ery #ee$, Students are re%uired to
&ring t"eir signed "ome#or$ s"eet eac"
Monday, Students #ill recei*e a !ac$et
of %uizzes' tests' and assignments t"at
need to &e signed for Monday, Students
#ill also recei*e a folder to $ee! trac$ of
t"eir reading eac" #ee$, / !arent and
student initial is due e*ery 6riday,
T"is Wee$+s 7ig"lig"ts
Grammar
8n grammar' #e #ill re*ie# t"e correct
!roofreading mar$s used for editing
mec"anics' usage and grammar in our
#riting, Students #ill also &e learning "o#
to identify !arts of s!eec", T"is #ee$+s
focus #ill include nouns' !articularly idea-
nouns suc" as "onesty' "a!!iness etc, as
#ell as !ro!er and common nouns and
correctly !luralizing *arious nouns, We #ill
continue to identify *er&s' "el!ing and
lin$ing *er&s' ad.ecti*es and ad*er&s,
Social Studies
T"is #ee$' in social studies' #e #ill
e9amine t"e !arts of t"e te9t&oo$ and t"e
de:nition of "istory, We #ill discuss "o#
societies and cultures "a*e organized time
in di;erent #ays t"roug"out "istory, <ur
students #ill focus on reading a timeline
t"at incor!orates e*ents from -,=,>,
t"roug" today,
Language Arts
We #ill &egin #or$ing on reading s$ills &y
identifying genres and ac%uainting
oursel*es #it" t"e classroom li&rary,
/dditionally' #e #ill &egin to identify our
reading interests and "o# to c"oose an 82
&oo$ t"at is interesting and at an
a!!ro!riate reading le*el for eac" student,
Writing
8n t"e mont" of Se!tem&er' #e #ill &egin
to learn di;erent stages in t"e #riting
!rocess, We #ill re*ie# t"e im!ortant
elements t"at ma$e u! a !aragra!"
including generating an e;ecti*e to!ic
sentence' use of transition #ords' and
including rele*ant details,
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