Oct. 21 - Nov. 4

Monday - students DO have school
Tuesday - Reading Logs, SS ch 4 test for Mrs. Ellison's homeroom
Wednesday -
Thursday - Spelling Sort and Definition Quiz
Friday - Math Enrichment Project due

We are starting a new Science Unit about Heat Energy Transfer.  Please make sure your child has a copy of the Study Guide in their Science Journal as soon as possible.

SS ch 5 will start this week.  It will be VERY important that students have this study guide in their journals.  There is A LOT of information about 8 explorers in this chapter.  This test will be open notes but this only helps if they have AND know where the information is in their journals.

**If you are unable to print the study guides at home, please let me know and I will get copies for your child.  Please email me or write a note to let me know if this is the case.

** We have started a Independent Reading competition at school.  Students are tracking their INDEPENDENT reading in class (not at home).  When they reach certain benchmarks, they get to move their person to the next milestone marker.  Most students have already met the Mile Run (100 minutes) and several have completed the 5K (310 minutes).  Be sure to ask your child how they are doing and have them show you their certificate if they've met a benchmark.  The further along they go, the harder the benchmarks are but it gets them working towards a goal.  The triathlon requires them to pass 5 Close Reading passages in iReady so they may be asking to spend some time on this at home.  Please encourage it!  This is meant to be a self motivating competition, but several students are striving to keep up with classmates so some peer competition is welcome too.

If you are on Twitter, I've set up an account and you are welcome to follow me @kellison3443.  I'm still learning how to tweet and use hashtags (they're still pound/number signs to me) so be patient with me if you are a fluent tweeter.