I will be sending home a note today stating what your child’s score was on the Unit 3 Math test on measurement.  If you would like to see the test, please send a note to school or send me an email stating that you would like to see the test and will return it to school afterwards.  These tests are needed for report cards and many families have not been returning tests that are sent home to be signed by a parent.  I will send home all of the tests after the second report cards are completed in January.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Spelling words (/ow/ sound):  know, blow, throw, willow, glow

Academic words:  because, conclusion, ruler, vibrate, century

Reading Bags will start coming home tomorrow.  Students will receive a reading bag that they are responsible for each week.  The bag will contain a book that the student needs to read at home, and a piece of paper for students to do their assignment.  Usually, the assignment will be answering the questions at the end of the book.  Students should copy each of the 3 questions and answer them in complete sentences.  All book bags MUST be returned every MONDAY so that I can collect the books and assignments and get the new books ready for Tuesday.  Please monitor your child to make sure they are reading and comprehending the book in their book bag.  You can use this book for their 20 minutes of daily reading and fill in the Student Reading Log with this book as well!

Popcorn day is Friday, December 5th.  Each bag is $0.50.  Please turn in the money and order form by Friday morning.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the families that celebrate the holiday!

Please have your child go to xtramath.org over the break and read 20 minutes every night.

Starting after the Thanksgiving break, students will be bringing home Reading Bags.  They will receive the Reading bag every Tuesday.  Students must read the book at home and answer the questions at the end of the book.  They must copy each question and answer the question in a complete sentence.  Reading Bags will be due every Monday.

If you have not already returned the Science quiz, please sign and return the quiz to school on Monday.  I am waiting on ten students to return their quiz.  If parents do not sign and return quizzes/tests, I will not be able to send them home until after each card marking.  Please be respectful and return papers to school.

No spelling words this week due to the short week.

Our class will be visiting the Holiday Shop on December 9th.  More information will be coming home from the PTA.

Reminder:  There is NO school Wednesday, November 26th – Friday, November 28th due to the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Thank you to all of the families that attended Parent Teacher conferences last week.  It was wonderful to share information about your children.

Holiday Shop is coming to Snow School December 9th, 10th & 11th!  Each class will have an opportunity to shop and pick out gifts for their family members.  Notes and budget envelopes will be coming home.  Classroom specific shopping times will be coming home next week!  Please consider volunteering 30 minutes to help your child’s class shop.

Thank you

Spelling words (/ou/ sound):  found, cloud, ground, pound, out

Academic words:  reasons, length, width, energy, history

Thank you to all of the parents that attended Parent Teacher Conferences last week.  The rest of the families will be attending conferences this Wednesday or Thursday evenings.

There will be a Science Test in Mrs. Grizzell’s class this Thursday, November 20th.  A study guide is coming home today.  Below are the items that will be on the test:

-Light is a form of energy

-When light passes through water it is bent

-Shadows are formed by blocking the path of light

-Most light energy on Earth comes from the sun

-Sun, stars, lightning and fire are examples of natural light sources

– Light travels in a straight line

-Materials that don’t allow light to pass through them are opaque

-We see objects when light reflects off them

The Unit 3 Math Test will be this Friday, November 21st.  We will be completing a study guide together in class this Thursday.  In the meantime, you can study at home with your child.  The following is a list of skills the students will be tested on:

-Measuring a line segment to the nearest 1/2 inch

-Measuring a line segment to the nearest 1/4 inch

-Creating a line plot (using X’s) to report data given in a chart

-Deciding which whole number is a line segment closer to ( for example: 3 inches or 4 inches)

-Distinguishing which given shapes have a certain area.

-Drawing a rectangle with a given area

-Explaining why two given rectangles have the same area

-Finding a number model that matches the area of a given shape

-Finding the perimeter of given polygons

-Explain how you found the perimeter of a given shape

Bright Smiles Dental is a school based mobile dental program.  If you would like your child to see the mobile dentist, please fill out the pink form that is coming home today and return it to school as soon as possible.  The mobile dentist needs to know how many students they will be seeing so they can prepare times and materials needed.

There will be a S.S. quiz on the history of the town of Waterford this Thursday, November 13th.  Students brought home their notebooks and folders to help them start studying tonight.

Thursday, November 13th

4:00 Lara

4:15 Benjamin

4:30 Jacob M. (mom)

4:45 Brayden

5:00 Joaquin

5:15 Abdelwahab

5:30 Cortez

6:00 Jaxson

6:15 Jewelvia

6:30 Jacob M. (dad)

6:45 Yousef

Wednesday, November 19th

4:00 Ryan

4:15 Preston

4:30 Aaron

5:00 Sebastian

5:30 Emily

6:00 Kyle

6:15 Hannah

6:45 Juliana

Thursday, November 20th

4:00 Silvia

4:30 AbdulJabar

4:45 Erika

5:15 Alyissa

5:45 Molly

6:00 Jacob D.

6:30 Alex

6:45 Grace