Dear Parents,

This week’s newsletter was late due to problems with the program at school. I apologize for the late posting.

FUNDRAISER:

Only 2 weeks left to sell!  Students, be sure to get in on a LOT of GREAT prizes by selling as much as you can to your friends, family members, and neighbors. With so many choices like Signature gift catalog items, cookie dough, magazines and VIP cards, you’re bound to have something available to sell to everyone. Don’t forget to tell them that we are raising the money for our co-curricular actives like Music, Art, Drama, Spanish and PE. Without this money, those activities don’t exist!

Your fundraising money AND order forms must be turned in on September 11th. Packets must be given to your teacher ASAP that morning. The PST Board will be counting as soon as the packets have been collected from each class. Delivery for items will be Thursday, October 9th behind Building 5.

AUGUST READING: 

Students will be asked to read a book from a different genre each month. Class time will be given every day for silent reading and students are expected to read a minimum of 10 pages a day. If they are unable to complete this in class, then reading becomes homework. The book for August is a free choice genre and students will design a book jacket for it. The book jacket will show the title, author’s name, main character(s) and setting on the front cover. Students will write a summary of the story on the back cover. Paper will be provided in class and the grading rubric was handed out two weeks ago.

WRITING:

This week students will practice writing summaries and personal opinions of stories in preparation for the 1st Quarter writing assessment, Response to Literature.

MATH:

Students will be tested on the following this Thursday, August 28: reading and writing numbers through billions in standard and expanded form, reading and writing numbers through billions with exponents, and comparing, ordering and rounding whole numbers through billions. These concepts are found on pages 4-23 in the Math textbook.

SCIENCE: 

This week we continue our study of the water cycle and weather.

BIBLE:

This week we continue  our study of the Pentateuch.

 

SCRIPTURE MEMORY VERSE:

Students will memorize scripture weekly and take a written test each Friday. The memory verse for this week is Romans 3:23 and the test will be this Friday, August 29. Students will be graded on writing the verse accurately, including correct wording, spelling, punctuation, grammar and scripture reference.

For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

Romans 3:23

SPELLING:

Lesson 3 words will be tested this Friday, August 29.

Lesson 3: Words with Variant Vowels and Diphthongs

  1. authentic
  2. launch
  3. boycott
  4. turquoise
  5. withdrawn
  6. awkward
  7. faulty
  8. applaud
  9. jigsaw
  10. curfew
  11. pound
  12. awesome
  13. corduroy
  14. shrewd
  15. soothing

 Challenge Words

  1. evaporation
  2. condensation
  3. transpiration
  4. precipitation
  5. vapor

DATES TO REMEMBER:

  • Happy Birthday to Nazrawit Tewodros: August 25
  • NO SCHOOL Labor Day: September 1
  • Elementary Pictures: September 9
  • Parent/Teacher Conferences: September 15-19 (DISMISSAL at 12 NOON)
  • Elementary Picture Retakes: October 7
  • NO SCHOOL Veterans’s Day: November 11