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Upcoming Events:   8/18-PTO meeting will be held Tuesday 6:30pm-7:30pm at the Administration Building 9/7-NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY 9/11- Early Dismissal 11:30am 9/25-NO SCHOOL Teacher work day	Attention Parents: Mrs. Shultz’s email is incorrect in your flip chart. It should read: kshultz@stjschools.org Students will be practicing their address and tested on Friday.
Science: This week we will be working on learning the 6 steps of the scientific method.  We will do two experiments (rolling balls down ramps) to practice the six steps this week.  The first one will be teacher guided.  The second experiment will be done in small groups with less teacher assistance (on a “give help as needed” basis).   There will be a quiz on Friday over the six steps of the scientific method.  A large part of this quiz is being able to memorize the order of the 6 steps.  Since this is such an important skill this year, ordering the 6 steps will appear on nearly every quiz and test the entire year.  The correct order is listed below. Observe and Ask Questions Form a Hypothesis Plan an Experiment Conduct an Experiment Collect Data & Analyze Results Draw Conclusions You can also get the weekly newsletter by going to…...          nsiders.weebly.com     …...and clicking the Newsletter Tab -Mr. Siders	Math This week in Math we will begin Domain 1: Orders and Operations and Algebraic Thinking which includes evaluating and writing expressions and analyzing patterns. Students will also begin our fluency program Rocket Math this week in which they will have daily 1 minute tests on multiplication facts. Students will benefit greatly from extra practice at home. Mrs. Cornelius We are starting our interactive journals on Tuesday. We will use them to support what we are learning. Mrs. Watson Class Dojo sign ups will be coming home this week along with a Parent survey and a few other forms. Please return them to Mrs. Watson as soon as possible!
ELA info, Specials schedule, and Contact info on back.
ELA: Unit One: Why and how do we play with language? Engelbrecht: Syllabus will come home Monday with Unit 1 information, please look through it with your child and sign and return the back page. We will begin Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom/adage/proverb, alliteration, and onomatopoeias, seek opportunities at home to point these things out to your children. We will start our read aloud, Wonder, Write a personal Bio Poem Begin research on a famous creative thinker. Sandusky: Beginning Unit 1- “Why and how do we play with language?” Syllabus will come home Tuesday with Unit 1 information, please look through it with your child and sign and return the back page. We will begin Figurative Language (metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, idiom/adage/proverb, alliteration, and onomatopoeias, seek opportunities at home to point these things out to your children. Most students really struggle with literal and figurative meaning. Explain common idioms you use, “a penny for your thoughts”, “barking up the wrong tree”, or “best thing since sliced bread” are good places to start if you’re stuck! We started our read aloud, Wonder, I encourage children to read along with our class, and not read it independently due to class discussions. Shultz: Reading: We are starting our year with reading standard RI5.1--Reading information text and quoting accurately when referring to the text. We will read short biographies with our teams this week and take notes for a project profile which we will complete in Google Docs. Language: We will be looking for words that have a long A sound this week in our texts and all around us. As the week progresses, we will note the different ways it is spelled and choose some of our favorites to work on. AR: Students will visit the library each Monday. We will be discussing AR goals, graphing our progress, and hopefully taking a test this week! Read Aloud: Our first read aloud will be Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

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Specials Week 2

	PE 1	Art	Music1	PE 2	Computers	Music 2
Monday	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky
Tuesday	Watson	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht
Wednesday	Cornelius	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson
Thursday	Siders	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius
Friday	Shultz	Sandusky	Engelbrecht	Watson	Cornelius	Siders