Week of September 3-7

Happy Labor Day, everyone!  Please read below to see this week's important reminders.

Early Release
This week we will have our first Early Release Day.  Students will be dismissed at 12:25pm.  Please send in a note if your child's transportation will change on this day.

Room Moms
If you would like to receive correspondence from our room mom, Beth McBride, please send her your name and e-mail address at captainmcb@aol.com.   She is sharing the job of room mom with Liann Moeller.  I'm lucky to say that we will have 2 wonderful ladies helping out this year!

Upcoming Tests:
Thursday:  Social Studies Test over Geography (Students may go to www.tutorial.historyalive.com.  They will need to be able to do everything that is covered in the tutorial as well as be able to identify and label the 4 oceans and 7 continents, prime meridian, equator, and Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn on a blank map.

Friday:  Math Test over factors, products, prime factorization, divisibility, using exponents, and the order of operations.  (A study guide will come home this week.)

Here is what we're learning this week.
Social Studies:  We will do a geography review in preparation for their test on Thursday.
Math:  How to use parentheses in math problems and the order of operations will be introduced.
Word Study:  This week's focus will be on figurative language including similes, metaphors, rhyme, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
Writing:  We will explore the 6 traits of effective writing and learn how to use them in our daily work.
Reading:  Students will begin learning to take notes as they select important information from biographies.