It's Red Ribbon Week!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Friday was the last day of the first nine weeks. Monday starts the second nine weeks. We will be having the Explorer Excellence ceremony recognizing Honor Roll, Perfect Attendance, Hustle Award, and Explorer Excellence the first week in November. I will have the official date in next week's blog. The ceremony will be held at 8:40am.

Red Ribbon Week Activities:

Encourage your child to participate and explain what this week means to them.

Monday - "Give drugs the boot!" - Wear boots or western wear.

Tuesday - "WBE will sock it to drugs!" - Wear crazy socks.

Wednesday - "Show off your drug free spirit!" - Wear red.

Thursday - "Peace out to drugs!" - Wear tie-dye.

Friday - "I'm too busy reading to do drugs!" - Dress up as your favorite storybook character.

What we're learning...

Math - division!!!! It's more important than ever to keep practicing those multiplication facts.)

Science - electricity, insulators, and conductors

Social Studies - missions, presidios, and small towns

Reading - reading expository text for meaning

Writing - finish personal narrative and start expository composition

Homework:

Daily - Read for at least 20 minutes and practice math facts.

Monday - more elapsed time practice

Tuesday - vocabulary sentences (subject to change)

Wednesday - meaning of division

Thursday - summary (subject to change)

October is here and fall is in the air!

I would like to compliment everyone in our class for their hard work studying their multiplication facts. Everyone did a great job in our multiplication bee! We will continue using multiplication throughout the year, so continued practice is necessary!

Reminders:

- Our library day is Tuesday; be sure to bring your books back to return or renew.

- Thursday night is McTeacher's Night from 5-7pm. A percentage of all proceeds will be donated to WBE during those hours. Be sure to stop by and see some of the WBE staff serving your food!

- There is no school on Monday, October 10th due to parent conferences. I sent home confirmation letters home last week reminding you of your conference time.  If you did not receive it, please contact me.  If you requested a phone conference, I will be calling you soon to either have the conference or if you are busy, we can set up a better time.

- International Fair is quickly approaching. It will be held on Thursday, October 20th. If you are interested in helping, contact Elda in the PTA to let her know.

- We are collecting Box Tops to raise money for the school. The class with the most wins a pizza party. Be sure to save all of your Box Tops and turn them in to me by October 25th.

What we're learning...

Math - patterns and algebraic relationships

Science - classifying matter

Social Studies - Native Americans

Language Arts - research, writing a biography

Homework:

Daily - Read 20 minutes. Practice multiplication facts.

Monday - Music Sales/CDs and DVDs

Tuesday - vocabulary sentences

Wednesday - Algebraic Reasoning Step B/C

Thursday - summary