4th grade spelling words (long /a/ vowels):  today, ache, estimate, phrase, trade, parade, became, arcade, education, glacier

Content words:  geography, region, direction, transportation, landform

Due to Camp Pinewood, 5th graders do NOT have spelling words this week.

Both 4th and 5th grade will have a Math Assessment tomorrow Tuesday.  4th grade will be on identifying shapes based on their characteristics (parallel, perpendicular, angles), types of triangles (acute, obtuse, isosceles, equilateral, scalene).  5th grade will be evaluating expressions using PEMDAS and order of operations, prime/composite numbers, factors of a given number.

Please continue to send in BoxTops for the contest during the month of October.

Book Bingo is this Friday, October 6th.  Doors open at 6:15 pm.

*I will be attending camp this Wednesday-Friday with my 5th grade students.  There will be a substitute teacher in our classroom for the 4th graders and any 5th graders not going to camp.  It is important that your child attend school all three of these days as the substitute will be continuing to teach the curriculum during my absence.

**5th graders need to arrive to school by 7:50 a.m. this Wednesday (October 4th) for camp.  Drop your luggage off in the lobby, then head down to our classroom for attendance and check in.  Any students that have medication, should have a parent/adult package it in a ziplock bag, clearly labeled with the students name and dosage, and turn it in directly to Ms. Shene.  The bus is scheduled to leave at 8:15 a.m.  Check the weather and pack accordingly with rain gear and warm clothes.