Weekly Update 9/30/13 - 10/4/13

     I hope everyone is enjoying the nice long weekend!  I feel badly that I didn't actually get to Grant's Farm Night.  No one told me that the trains stopped running at 7:00 PM, so when  I arrived at 7:10, the parking lot was closed.  The attendant said the park was closed.  So there I was with no way to get in even though everyone was still there and enjoying the event.  This was a big disappointment for me as well as my daughter who volunteered to join me for the evening.  My apologies for not being there!

Now for this week's curriculum and events:
Writing - We will continue to write about a small moment in our lives.  Very soon we will need to bring one of our stories to the point of publishing.  Mechanical skills that we will focus on are ending marks, capitals at the beginning of sentences, for names, and in titles, indenting paragraphs, and using a comma when combining two sentences with the word and or but. 
Math - Students will learn to round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, and nearest dollar.  I am planning that we will test on Friday over Ch. 3.
Reading- I am really enjoying the reading groups.  Such great thinkers with thoughtful responses to what has been read. We will continue the visualization skill and begin to visualize the book characters by relating to their personalities which unfold through their actions.
Spelling- Everyone will take a spelling test this week!
Science- We have studied plants that are classified by either flowering or nonflowering.  Monday we will talk about plants that come from spores.  We will fill out a review page on Tuesday and take a quiz over lesson one on Wednesday.
S. Studies - I have found one of our class talents!  The community pictures that go along with the community letters are absolutely lovely.  We should wrap up by the end of the week!

Dates to Remember:
Mon. - Library
Tues. -
Wed. - Yellow Spelling Test;  science quiz; math study guide will come home;
Thurs. - Green spelling test;
Fri. - Blue spelling test;  Math test Ch. 3;  Community project should be complete!  Sappington Bingo Night at 6:30;