Week of September 23-27

Happy Monday!!

Husky Hustle Fund Raising
The Husky Hustle is just around the corner on October 11th! Please encourage your child to ask friends and family to sponsor him/her in the Husky Hustle. Our goal is 100% participation regardless of how much each child is able to collect. These donations willl go toward purchasing more iPads for classroom use. Last year's Husky Hustle funds aided in the purchase of 30 new iPads and an iPad charging cart to be shared by the classrooms! These iPads are so useful and the kids love utilizing them in class!

Harmony Harvest
Also coming up soon is our annual Harmony Harvest! Save the date for Friday, October 11th from 6:00-8:30. This is such a fun event with games, food, and jumpies! There will also be a teacher auction! The 5th grade teachers will be hosting a Boys' Night Out and a Girls' Night Out in November! It's going to be a lot of fun, so please come to the Harvest and sign up for the auction!

MAP Testing
We will complete MAP testing in the area of Language on Tuesday afternoon.

Kelso Lessons with Mrs. Hammons
Mrs. Hammons will come our classroom on Fridayd to teach classroom guidance.

Word Study List
This week, your child has a word study list taped into their agenda to begin studying. Our focus in word study for the next 2 weeks will be on homophones which are commonly misused such as their, there, and they're. Please help your child to study the correct use of these words at home. There are a number of websites listed under "Links" on my blog for the kids to get extra practice using homophones.

XtraMath
Please continue to encourage your child to continue using XtraMath each night! The kids get recognized at morning meeting as they are awarded certificates when they progress through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can also monitor your own child's progress through the site to see how they are doing as they earn a colored dot at the end of each session!
Less than 10% wrong.
Over 10% wrong or too few answers.
Over 25% wrong or very few answers.
Session incomplete.

Math: This week in math we will review whole number place value and begin studying place value of decimals.

Social Studies: We are wrapping up our unit on the first Native Americans with an extended response question tomorrow. Beginning Wednesday we will study the various Native American culture regions that existed as the Native Americans settled throughout North America. Our focus will be on how these people used their natural resources to adapt to the environment.

Word Study: We will identify the correct homophone to be used in various situations each day and even learn tricks to help remember which ones are used when!

Writing & Reading: Our English Language Arts unit on Playing with Words is coming to a close. The kids will practice reading fluency skills of articulation, pace, expression, and accuracy this week through choral reading. They will also explore proverbs, write a humorous narrative using idiioms and figurative language, and finally complete a transfer task to demonstrate their knowledge of word play on Friday.