News From Room 207

Week of September 26, 2011

Important Dates To Remember
9/27 T uesday Curriculum Night 6:30pm 10/10 Monday No School Columbus Day 11/1 T uesday No School Parent Conferences 11/11 T hursday No School Veterans Day 11/23-25 Thanksgiving Break 12/24-1/1 December Break

News and Announcements

I am looking forward to seeing many of you on Tuesday evening for Curriculum Night at 6:30pm. We will meet in our classroom first (room 207) for 45 minutes. After that, Mr. Mabie will invite you down to the cafeteria for a brief talk. The evening should be complete by 7:30pm. As you enter the room, please find your childs desk and read the letter they have left for you. They will be anxiously awaiting your response. If you are unable to attend Curriculum Night, please let me know, as I will need to prepare a packet of important information for you. Please remember to sign up for a parent conference time while you are in the room. Graded assessment pieces will come home to you in a golden-colored envelope every couple weeks. I will let you know when the envelopes will be coming home ahead of time. Once at home, please look over the papers with your child, sign the envelope and then return the papers to school the following day. I will be meeting with Literature Circle groups this week. Groups 1 and 2 will meet on Monday. Groups 3 and 4 will meet on Tuesday and Group 5 will meet on Wednesday. Please check in with your children to see if they are prepared to meet with their group to discuss their completed Think Cards and the weeks reading. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. The best way to contact me is by using my school e-mail address at stravers@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us. You should also feel free to send in a note to school. I am looking forward to a wonderful year! Warmly, Sandra Travers

News From Room 207

Week of September 26, 2011
Quote of the Week

Failure is success if we learn from it -Malcolm Forbes

Specials Monday-Music Tuesday-PE Wednesday-Art Thursday-Health Friday-Chorus Media Dates 9/13, 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/6, 12/20, 1/3, 1/17, 1/31, 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 4/3, 4/24, 5/8, 5/22 Snack/Recess daily at ~10:45am Lunch 12:05-12:40pm September Birthdays

helping verbs and infected endings. In writing, we will be focusing on the story critical setting in our stories and how using a variety of senses to describe our setting will help our stories come to life. Math We will continue with Unit 2. Be sure to have your child explore the math links for unit 2 at the following sites: Unit 2 Math Facts Read Aloud Mark has decided that it is time to make a change and has been trying to make friends and become more engaged in school. Not everyone has greeted Marks efforts with open arms though. Some of his teachers are less than enthused as Mark struggles to become more involved. Social Studies Last week the children learned how different mapping tools can teach them about geography and the world. This week, we will focus on directionality and the compass rose. Science Our mock rock dissection is complete. This week, we will observe crystals and then next week perform a scratch test on various minerals.

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English Language Arts (ELA) Our focus this week will be on the strategies we can use to monitor our understanding as we read fiction and nonfiction text. Additionally, we will continue to look at