Week of September 20-24

Important Dates:
*Hemisphere Quiz Wed. 9/22
*PE soccer test Wed. 9/22
*Spelling test Thurs. 9/23
*No school Fri. 9/24 Teachers' Institute
*Johnny Appleseed's Birthday Saturday 9/26

Classroom Chatter:

*The PTO would like you to know about this great rebate program through Ultra Foods! Ultra Foods is inviting you to take part in the Ultra's Smart Shopper Program, and educational rebate program that generates CASH BACK to your school for educational needs. It's EASY! Shop your local Ultra Foods store from SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 through DECEMBER 31, 2010. Save your receipts and have your child turn them in to their teacher. At the end of this program, your school will submit a grand total of receipts collected and Ultra will remit a check for %5 of that total back to your school! WOW!!!!!!

*The PE study guide for the soccer test went home on Thursday. Have you seen it yet? If not, please ask your child about it. The PE soccer test will be on Wednesday. Please help your child review for this test.

*Johnny Appleseed's birthday falls on a Sunday this year. We will be celebrating his birthday on Thursday, 9/23. Information about our celebration will come home this week. One of the things we will be doing on Thursday is making homemade applesauce! Please send your child in with an apple that has been cored, cut, and peeled!

*No school Friday for Teachers' Institute. Enjoy your day off!

Spelling
This week we will be working with words that have a vowel-consonant-e pattern. Homework will be send home on Monday and due on Thursday. The test will be on Thursday.

English
We will begin our first writing unit. Students will have homework Monday night. They will be making a "ME BAG" to bring to school. Information about this assignment will come home Monday. They will be using their Me Bags to help write a 5 paragraph paper in class.

Reading
We will continue to focus on summarizing and sequencing this week. We will work on applying this strategy to different texts.

Science
We will learn about lesson 3 in science. This lesson teaches us how animals survive in ecosystems.

Social Studies
We will finish our map skills unit with a Hemisphere Quiz on Wednesday. A study guide is in the social studies folder. Review the study guide and papers on hemispheres in your social studies folder. Also a Map Essentials book went home on Friday to help with studying!

Math :: Mrs. Csorba's math class
We will play a review game on Monday. Tuesday is the Chapter 1 test. A study guide went home in the math folders last week. Have you seen it? We will take a mad minute timed test on subtraction on Monday. 40 problems in 2 minutes. Thursday we will begin Chapter 2: Addition and Subtraction Concepts.