Hello Bat Families, 10/4/2015
We had a wonderful week! Book Fair seemed to be a huge success. We wrote letters to our pen pals and are looking forward to meeting them on Tuesday. Feel free to join us in the library at about 9:30 with our new friends from The Court in Round Rock Assisted Living Facility.
Writing Club is on Monday, October 5 from 2:45-3:45 in the library. We will talk about opportunities for our UIL Writing Teams for 2, 3, 4, and 5 grades, as well. Writers-Come join us!
OMS Toy Drive continues. Donate new toys to bring awareness to OMS. The toys will go to patients at Dell Children’s Hospital. Our goal is 175 new toys. We have about 35 toys so far. Thank you in advance for your support.
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences are coming up. Information about signups will be sent out soon. We look forward to talking with you about your child’s progress so far.
Reading-We finished learning about fiction for now and began looking at non-fiction or expository text. We examined text features and their purposes and read to learn about a topic. We read an article about the Joplin Tornado and listened to the author tell about her process of researching and writing the article. We will read more expository work this week and will begin working in book clubs.
Writing-We finished writing personal narratives this week. We started gathering entries for writing essays or expository pieces. In expository writing, the author explains or gives reasons and examples to support a central idea. (Football is the best sport. –central idea. Reason 1, Reason 2, conclusion) We will continue to gather ideas and entries this week.
Social Studies-In our teams, we are creating maps of Texas that include regions, landforms, cities, rivers, and resources. We will begin learning about Native People in Texas this week.
Spelling-This week we will review their, there, they’re, too, to, two, its, it’s, your, you’re, were, we’re and use them correctly in sentences and in our writing.
Practice on quizlet.
Vocabulary-Some math words and some reading words will be reviewed this week. The words are attached to the homework packet. Practice on quizlet.
Go to Learn2earn to log in reading time (use your paper reading log also) and respond to your reading. You can also earn coins to change your owl avatar.
https://www.learn2earn.org/
Dates to remember:
Monday, October 5-Wear Forest Creek Shirts-Writing Club- 2:45-3:45 in library
Tuesday, October 6-Pen Pal Visit with our class in the library-9:30-10:45
Friday, October 9-Homework packet is due, Reading Response Letter is due.
spelling test, vocabulary test-wear college shirts
Monday, October 12-No school for students, conferences begin
Have a wonderful weekend! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Sincerely,
Pam
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