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Sept. 12, 2014
Curriculum Notes

Literacy: We will be
starting our unit on
Abraham Lincoln
reading the book
Meet Abraham
Lincoln. Students will
be taking notes and
collecting information
to write a biography
on Mr. Lincoln
Science: we will wrap
up our chapter on
Earths History and
begin Earths Surface
and Interior.
Writing: Our focus is
on the narrative essay.
Math: multiplication
facts, rounding
numbers,
multiplicative
comparisons
Social Studies: Illinois



Sept. 15 Science test
Sept. 16 Math spelling Test
Sept. 16 Scotties Fun Spot
Night 6-8 pm
Sept. 17 Midterm
Sept. 19 Math Skills Check
Sept. 26 Apple Day

Please Note
The field trip to Springfield will
be on October 3. I will send
home information packets on
Sept. 18.


Natalie will be our first star student of the year
next week. We are looking forward to
celebrating our STAR student!
Star Student of the Week
Dates to
Remember


Homework to Expect
This Week

Monday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Tuesday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Wednesday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah

Thursday: blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah
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Our Star Natalie reads to succeed. Way to go
Natalie!


Homework:

I am trying to limit the amount of homework that the children have. If you
notice your child bringing home an exceptionally large amount of work
they were either absent or did not work diligently in class and had to take
their class work home.
One thing that I do not want to cut back on is the amount of reading time
that the student is to do each night. Please encourage your child to read
a minimum of 20 minutes each night. If this time needs to be broken into
10 minute increments initially, that is fine, but work on increasing that time
each week so that the child is eventually able to read for 20 minutes
without losing his or her focus. Building their reading stamina is crucial to
their reading success.
Finally, check that your child is actually reading! Have them actually read
out loud a paragraph or two and ask them to explain to you what they
read. It is one thing to read it. Adding the discussion component will
increase their understanding immensely.