There is a change in the lunch menu for October 17.  First choice is Salad Bar.  Second choice is cheese pocket

I am holding my parent data meeting tomorrow at 9:40 am.  I will be going over NWEA, DRA, and writing scores.  I hope to see you there.

Blends
1. black
2.  track
3.  flat
4. stop
5. blood
6. slid
7. drop
8. flood
9. stack
10. drag

Content Words
11.  Erie
12. graph
13. axis
14. gravity
15. peninsula

The pistons will donate $5 for every ticket sold back to our school. All order forms are due back to Gear Park by November 1. Tickets will be given to students at a later time, and they will be responsible to deliver them to the individuals who purchased them. Please encourage your friends, family and co-workers to support Geer Park Elementary by enjoying a night of NBA action with the families of our school. Please be sure to include the date of the game you are selling tickets for on the order form. Please be sure to make checks payable to: Detroit Pistons. Tickets may be purchased for the following games:

Pistons VS. Cavaliers: Monday, November 20 @ 7pm

Pistons VS Celtics: Sunday, December 10 @ 4pm

Pistons VS Nuggets: Tuesday, December 12 @ 7pm

 Ticket Options:

100-LEVEL: $45

200-LEVEL: $20
Prizes (BY TICKETS SOLD)

1 Ticket: Entered into a drawing to have Hooper come to your birthday party

5 Tickets: Personal welcome on Pistons scoreboard

10 Tickets: Free-throw shot on Pistons court

15 Tickets: Exclusive Pistons item

20-Tickets: Autographed picture

40 Tickets: Personalized Pistons jersey

The top 10 sellers at each school will be invited to participate in an on-court experience before a pistons home game.
The top selling school will be visited by a pistons player!

I gave the students their log in information for Study Island this morning.  The website looks different than it did in the past.  I feel that the website looks more kid friendly.  When they go on the website, the home screen will have four boxes.  One box is blue ribbons they have earned, another is suggested topics, another box is work in progress, another box is assignments.

On the left side of the screen they can click on “My Classes.”  On the box that says my class, they can click on “assignments” and see all assignments for the class.

If I do not have anything assigned, they can click on the left side of the screen and click US Programs.  From there they can choose 3rd Grade then Math or ELA (English Language Arts) and then select a topic of their choosing.

They can also click on NWEA under My Classes and the topics will be adjusted to their levels according to their NWEA scores.

When students click on a topic, they have a few choices.  One choice is having a lesson.  The lessons will describe the topic with examples.  Most of the time there are videos in the lesson to further explain it.   Another choice is Flash Cards.  Another choice is Practice where they can practice the topic and answer questions on the topic.

Currently I have 2 assignments that are due on Friday.  One assignment is on telling time and the other is elapsed time.

This is a great website that can benefit your child.  Please give your child time at home to go on Study Island and practice these skills.

The website is www.studyisland.com

1. lunch
2. thump
3. bug
4. such
5. thunder
6. much
7. truck
8. under
9. rug
10. bunch
11. natural
12.  human
13.  Superior
14.  Huron
15.  Ontario

Content: natural, human, Superior, Huron, Ontario

Short & Long /e/

1.each

2.met

3. meet

4. tell

5. rest

6. wet

7. seem

8. well

9. best

10.teach

Content Words:

11. location

12. Michigan

13. lake

14. quarter

15. noun

Bingo for Books is Wednesday, September 27 from 4:30-5:30 in the cafeteria.  Doors open at 4:15.  Play bingo and win a book!  This is to help build the love of reading.  All Geer Park students are invited and they must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.  PTA will be selling pizza, snacks, and water.  Hope to see you there!

Students will have a social studies quiz on Wednesday.  They will need to know the differences between a city, county, state and country.  They need to study the flip book that is in their social studies notebooks.

This week we will be focusing on the short and long /o/ sounds.

1. poke
2. rock
3. hop
4. below
5. lock
6. broke
7. show
8. clock
9. stop
10. spoke
11. geography
12. north
13. south
14. east
15. west