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Be Wise
Mark Your Calendars!

10/17: Report Cards
10/20-10/24: Parsons Food Drive
10/30: Zoo Atlanta Field Trip!
10/27-10/31: Red Ribbon Week
11/4: Student/Teacher Holiday
11/5: Turkey Project Due
11/13: Thanksgiving Luncheon for 1,3,5


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Reading: Cat Traps
This week, we read Yes, I Want Some Too and
Cat Traps. We also learned about making
inferences. Next week, our phonics story will be
My Buddy Stan and the comprehension story will
be Biscuit. The reading skill we will be focusing on
is main idea. We will begin reviewing short u
words and initial s blends.
Writing: Informational Writing
This week, we learned more about nouns,
pronouns, and introduced proper nouns. We are
still focusing on informational and how-to writings.
Math: Measurement
This week, we explored a pumpkin by estimating
and measuring the height, width, number of lines,
and the number of seeds. We also introduced
nonstandard measurement. Students participated
in a variety measuring activities in the classroom
and practiced with making estimations. We will
take our measurement assessment next Friday.
Social Studies: Benjamin Franklin
We learned about Benjamin Franklin through
reading about him in our Social Studies Weekly
Readers, American Heroes book, and listening to
a Pebble Go Biography about him. We learned
how to answer questions by looking at information
from the text and sequenced a timeline of his life.
Next week, we will be studying Thomas Jefferson.



Oct. 17, 2014
Yimei Liu
Yimei_liu@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Parsons Elementary
678-957-3050

Weekly Words
Review these words at home for the spelling test on Friday:
jump, more, sleep, time, with



Ms. Lius Weekly News
Friendly Reminders from the Teacher:
A family turkey project is being sent home in the Friday folders. Please read the directions and
return the completed project by November 5
th
.
The First Thanksgiving- Each student will have a line to memorize in our Thanksgiving play.
Their line is attached to the green paper in the Friday folder. Please help your child memorize
his/her line by November 5
th
as well.
Soaring Through the Week
Red Ribbon Week
October 27
th
- 31
st
, we will be
celebrating Red Ribbon Week. Please
see the red flyer in the Friday Folder to
participate in dressing up for this week.
Due to our Zoo field trip on the 30
th
, we
will be participating in pajama day on
Friday, October 31
st
. You can choose to
wear pajamas or participate in Fridays
dress for success and wear college
clothing or come dressed as your future
career.