Clues Letter

OK, Your kids are great! For that reason I am going to change a couple of the classroom procedures that we normally follow. First, we will do spelling homework a little different. On the back of this sheet you will find the spelling homework. I hope that this will be more engaging for the students, and that they can use their creativity more when studying. It will also give you a typed list of the words to study each week. Also, I am going to stop putting behavior sheets on each child’s desk each week. Instead I am going to put the rules on the sheet and let them stay there for as long as possible. The behavior in this class has really been outstanding, and I feel like I am wasting paper putting sheets on students’ desk for no reason.

I am also sending home a little project. It is about the Native Americans. Make sure that your child spends more time being able to tell why the artifact was important to the people than working on the artifact itself. It will be due Thursday, October 8. Thanks.

Dates to remember—
October 16—Report Cards
October 20—Honors Day
October 21-23—Fall Break
October 28—Picture Retakes
October 30—Class Party

Questions to ask you children—What’s in the sky? Who lived here (America) before we did? How did the Native Americans use natural resources? When do you use a line graph? When do you use a double bar graph? What did the author of your AR book write it? What are some elements of great writing?

Looking ahead: Math—Multiplying by One Digit Numbers
Reading— Getting the Job Done—Lesson 9—Weaving a California Tradition
Spelling—VCCCV
Writing—Narrative and Informational
Language—Clauses and Phrases; Complex Sentences
Science—Chapter 3—Weather—Lesson 1
Social Studies— Chapter 3—Age of Exploration

 
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
-- Anatole France