Chiaramonte champs

Deer valley Elementary

Hoover, Alabama
achiaramonte@hoover.k12.al.us
Volume 1, Issue 11
October 29, 2008

Fall (or should I say winter) has begun!

What are we
doing this week?
Field Trip searching information Quote of the
Our field trip is next about US historical Week: Reading
It's not enough Next week we will begin
Tuesday, Nov. 4th and landmarks. Soon you
a unit on “Questioning.”
there are quite a few will be able to look at that we do our
Writing
their scrapblogs online. best; sometimes
students who have not We are almost done pub-
we have to do
turned in their permis- It is quite impressive. lishing our Fictional
what's required.
sion form and $17.00. Narratives!! Booklets will
- Sir Winston Churchill hopefully go home next
Please send this in soon Important Dates
week!
or your child may not November 4- Word Study
be able to attend Field Trip to World- This week we brain-
Website of the
Worldsong. song stormed words that are
Week
related to FALL and/or
http:// HALLOWEEN to do
Maps and Globes November 11- www.multiplication.com/ something a little differ-
I am very impressed No School-Veteran’s ent.
with the students’ en- Day Math
I have received many
thusiasm with learning We have begun a unit on
emails from parents
about this topic. Right November 17-
“Subtracting.” In 3rd
saying that they LOVE grade students should be
now we are in a deep Make-up day for our this website, so I am able to do the following:
technology project Vulcan field trip. keeping it on here to subtract 2 and 3 digit
where students are re- make sure everyone numbers with and with-
out regrouping, make
knows about it. You
Daylight Savings Time change with money up
might want to save it to $5.00, solve subtrac-
& Multiplication under your “Favorites” tion word problems.
on your computer. Social Studies
We have done conti-
Math Question nents, oceans, and imagi-
Don’t forget to turn back Tomorrow the students
nary lines. Right now we
your clocks this weekend will be tested on the 3’s, There are 6 pumpkins with
are learning specific
to gain an extra hour! 6’s, and 9’s facts! Please 45 seeds in each pumpkin.
things about our nation,
YIPPEE for the extra How many seeds are there
be studying because these including historical land-
all together?
hour this weekend, but facts are little more diffi- marks.
sad that it will become cult.
darker earlier.