October 25 - 29, 2010

I am looking forward to another exciting week of learning with the "Handey Helpers." Last week we enjoyed another day using the Mac Laptop Lab. Each student was able to type their recent poems in the word processing program called "Pages." Also, this week they will record themselves reading a poem they selected in the iMovie program. You will get to see the results of their work soon! Below you will find important dates and our plans for the week. I hope you have a wonderful week!


Important Dates:

• Friday, October 29th from 1:30 - 3 p.m. Fall Festival
• Tuesday, November 2nd at 8:15 a. m. Lower School Chapel
• Monday, November 8th Mid-term Reports go home
• Thursday, November 11th -Veteran's Day Holiday - No school

This week's academics:

English~Possessive Nouns; Test on Unit 2 Nouns Wednesday, November 3rd

Reading ~ We are beginning the incredible stories theme. We will read Dogzilla - always a favorite story.

Spelling ~ Unit 11- Test Thursday; Use spellingcity.com; Extra words are product and factor

Bible ~ We are continuing our study of biblical friendship.Write John 15:13 in class Friday. (Spelling counts!)

Math ~ We are beginning chapter 7, multiplication. Please have your child practice their multiplication facts that are covered in class nightly. Ixl.com skill E.1 provides good practice for learning the concept of multiplication.

Science ~We are continuing chapter 7~Forces that Shape Land. The test will be next Tuesday (November 2).

Social Studies ~ We will be studying chapter 5, community environments.