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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Red Ribbon Week: October 24-28


Welcome back!  I hope you all had a fantastic and relaxing Fall Break! 

Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week will be the week after Fall Break. Our theme this year is "A Drug Free Life Rocks." Each day in class we will do an activity that encourages children to choose a drug-free lifestyle writing our own drug free song! Students will also be invited to dress up for Red Ribbon Week in the following ways.
Monday: Wear red
Tuesday: Wear sunglasses
Wednesday: Wear clothing inside out
Thursday: Wear tie-dye
Friday: Wear somethiing that represents your future (e.g., a pencil tucked behind your ear if you wish to be a writer, a suit for a future businessman, a football jersey for a high school football player)

Photo Story Autobiographies
Please remember to send in approximately 20-26 pictures that correlate with your child's autobiography. It is best if pictures can be put on a flash drive that your child can bring to school. If you can't use a flash drive, please put the pictures on a CD. I cannot accept hard copies or e-mailed copies of pictures for these. All pictures must be here by Wednesday, October 26 because we are going to the lab to put them on the computers so the students can create their Photo Stories during the Technology rotation that starts October 27. If you do not have any electronic copies of pictures I will allow your child to find images from the Internet that support his/her autobiography such as a UK symbol if they like UK. I know gathering pictures can be a lot of work, but the end product is well-worth it!

Upcoming Tests
Word Study Quiz over Plurals on Friday
Mixed Multiplication Facts Quiz on Friday

Below you will find out what we’re learning this week!
Social Studies:  Explorers’ motives and impacts; 1st colonial settlements
Math:  Geometry-polygons and angles
Word Study:  Plurals (continued from the week prior to Fall Break)
Writing:  Open Genre (The kids will dabble in some different types of writing this week and then they’ll get to choose which type to pursue!)
Reading:  Responding to Literature-character traits and story elements

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