October 26 - 30

This weeks spelling words for the week of Oct. 26-30.

Halloween
witch
skeleton
safety
mysterious
pumpkin
scary
howling
lantern
frightening
mansion
haunted
costume
phantom
flashlight Do activity 1 and 2

We are still learning about the five regions of Virginia in social studies. We are writing our information and coloring the different regions in a flip book, as well as reading about it in our social studies book. In science we are still learning about the weather with the water cycle and the different weather instruments that a meteorologist would use. We will also be learning about the different air masses and fronts that occurs in the United States as well.
In Language Arts we have been reading some mysteries stories and writing some mysteries stories as well. With writing, we are finishing up a narrative paper about our favorite place to go.

I can't believe that October is almost gone, and I know the students will be looking forward for the Fall Party this Friday.
Thank you for your help with checking over your child's homework each night.

D. Parker

October 19 - 23

Spelling words for this week:
buff
intricate
network
coast
tawny
chisel
mangle
leisurely
gulf
amble
cocky
launch

I want to thank all the parents for helping their child with looking over their homework. They need our help as much as we can give it.

FYI, this past week we had a lot of students out because of sickness. I had a total of six students in our room alone. I'm noticing that a lot of them have a high fever. Please be on the watch.

We are working on our first writing project which is a narrative about their favorite place that they have been. We just finished up our second unit in math, and now we are going into multiplication. In science, we are studying about the weather, and in social studies we are learning about the different regions in Virginia. So now when you ask your child what are you learning in school and they say, " nothing really",you have some idea and maybe you can ask them to tell you about the weather or the region of Virginia.
Have a nice weekend and please email me with any questions you have.

October 12 - 16

This weeks spelling words comes from a program called Word Master Words. This week in class the students will look up each word and find the meaning, its antonym, and synonym and what part of speech it comes from. (noun,verb, adjective...)

rubble
etch
lustrous
kindling
demolish
complex
link
jounce
erect
corridor
strut
raging
channel

I sent home a copy of the Spelling Activity sheet so that the parents can keep a copy at home. This was a good suggestion by one of the parents because students were forgetting to bring home their Word Study notebook. The activity for this week is Activity 2 and Activity 4.

Progress reports go home Monday Oct. 12. I want to thank all the parents for checking over with their child's homework and signing the behavior sheet.

Spelling words for the week of Oct. 5 - 9:
unhappy
recall
disappear
improve
enrage
unreal
disagree
enclose
reflect
unusual
enjoy
impolite
unable
reheat
dishonest
repaint
impossible
enlarge
disconnect
import

All of these words have to do with the prefixes, un, re, dis,en, and im.

Just a couple of reminders. Please remember to turn in the Spelling Practice Test and the activities every Thursday. DIGS is due every Friday. Starting next week late DIGS will be counted off one letter grade for being late.

My class is really working hard on getting points for their table. The table with the highest points gets to eat in the class room. You can earn points by being a good listener and doing what is asked. This sounds easy but we still need to work on this a lot better, and trying to mind our own business.

Thank you to the people who have brought back the Entertainment Book or the money. Those were due Sept. 30. One last item, PTA is trying to get 100% membership so please consider joining.