Class Dojo

After a short break, we are back using Class Dojo each day! Students are earning their rewards with positives. Remember that each parents has a log on and can log onto the website to check their progress. There is an smart phone/tablet app that can be used as well. If you need your parent login, please let me know!

Box Tops

PTO is doing a Box Tops fundraiser. Each student will be bringing a yellow piece of paper home to attach the box tops too. If you have more than what fits on the page, there are directions at the top of what to do with the extra box tops. The class that collects the most box tops wins a pizza party! Who doesn't want that?!?!?! I've been collecting, I hope you will too!

Red Ribbon Week

We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week at Strode this week. Students are invited to dress up to participate in the celebration. Each day has its own theme.

M - Tie Dye Day
T - Put a Cap on Drugs - Hat Day
W - Wear Red
Th - Say Boo to Drugs - wear a Halloween shirt
F - Sock it to Drugs - Crazy sock day

Spelling Words for week of Oct 28, 2013

Below are the words for the week of Oct. 28, 2013. We will be looking at the R-controlled vowels. We will take note of  how some vowels are present, but stay silent. Our test will be Nov. 1, 2013.

1. career

2. their
3. cashier
4. weird
5. steer
6. barely
7. tear
8. terrible
9. fearful
10. clearance
11. pioneer
12. square
13. prepare
14. rare
15. sincere
16. disappear
17. cheerful
18. vocabulary
19. repair
20. comparison

Challenge Words:

1. aquarium
2. tier

Report Cards

Report cards will be coming home on Wednesday, October 23rd. Attached to the report card is the results from last year's KPREP test and what they made on the Gifted Placement test. I ask that you either write a note saying you saw the report card or sign the report card and send it back in with your student. I do not need all the additional papers, but I want to make sure you see what your student is doing in the classroom. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Spelling List for week of Oct 21

Our words for the week Oct 21, 2013. We are focusing on the sounds of /or/ and /ar/.

1.       stormy
2.       smart
3.       boring
4.       sharpen
5.       normal
6.       report
7.       alarm
8.       darkest
9.       partner
10.   morning
11.   perform
12.   garbage
13.   north
14.   support
15.   argue
16.   chores
17.   calorie
18.   charge
19.   scarf
20.   forward
For this week's challenge, I will be asking students to write two sentences using a spelling word. One point for each sentence. However, each sentence needs to be written correctly, using correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Conferences

For those that have returned the yellow conference sheet with a preferred time, please look in your child's planner for the scheduled time or email Miss Terry.

If you have not returned the conference sheet, please do so as soon as possible. All students are asked each day. It is school policy that we try to meet or discuss your child's progress two times during the year. These conferences can be done in person or over the phone, whatever works best for your family! The should only take about 15 minutes. If you do not wish to have a conference, there is a spot on the conference sheet where you can indicate that and I can keep for my records.

NOTE: If you had a conference scheduled for October 17 or 18th, I will have to reschedule. I (Miss Terry) am out sick the rest of the week. I tried to make phone calls home yesterday before I came home. I will be sending notes home on Monday to reschedule. All conferences set for October 21 and on are still scheduled and look forward to seeing you then!

Multiplication Test on Friday

Please have your child study their 6s for the multiplication test on Friday!!! It is very important that students know these facts in order to do the more complicated math skills we are working with in class. I provide time for students to study in class, but please stress the importance and have them study at home!
Thank you!

National School Lunch Week

This week is National School Lunch Week! We will be doing different activities and lessons in the classroom about school lunch. If you have time, come have lunch with your student at school this week!

Spelling List for week of Oct 14th

Hello. Here are the spelling words for next week. Our test will be Friday, Oct 18th.

1. thrill

2. sprout
3. shrink
4. splash
5. street
6. scream
7. scrape
8. strange
9. split
10. shred
11. spring
12. three
13. through
14. sprinkle
15. splinter
16. straight
17. scribble
18. scrapbook
19. thread
20. mushroom

Challenge:

1. strategy
2. describe

10/7-10/11 Spelling List

Below are this week's spelling words. The skills this week are the sound of /th/ and /sh/. Homework will be due on Thursday and our test on Friday.

1. should

2. graph
3. bother
4. white
5. shapes
6. thanks
7. sunshine
8. whale
9. where
10. thirsty
11. phrase
12. shadow
13. thought
14. whisper
15. alphabet
16. shelter
17. weather
18. toothbrush
19. clothing
20. headphones

Challenge:

1. whistle
2. friendship

Science Test on Friday

On Friday, students will be taking a test over Plants. We have been studying them for the past few weeks. Below is a website that goes over the different parts of a plant. We have used this in class but it is a good review.

Parts of a Plant

Northeast Capital Test - October 8

Students will have a test over the following states and capitals on Tuesday, October 8.

Connecticut - Hartford
Delaware - Dover
Maine - Augusta
Maryland - Annapolis
Massachusetts - Boston
New Hampshire - Concord
New Jersey - Trenton
New York - Albany
Pennsylvania - Harrisburg
Rhode Island - Providence
Vermont - Montpelier