FOR
THE WEEK OF
OCTOBER 31, 2011
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Mrs. Montes Classroom Newsletter
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“Keep on Track” Reports
Stapled to this note is an update of your
child’s progress for the 2nd quarter. I hope
that you have seen all of your child’s
corrected work, but just in case you haven’t,
I wanted to make sure you know how they’re
doing. I have included all of the grades I’ve
recorded (except for Science.) If there is
only one score, it means that I did not have
a chance to correct and record all of the
work that I received today. If there looks
like there’s difficulty in an area, please talk
to your child to see if you both can come up
with a strategy for improvement. If a
student needs more help, I can work with
them after school or during lunchtime.
Sometimes it’s just a matter of time
management. Please sign and return the note
on Monday along with the parent folder. –
Add any comments you’d like on the lines
provided.
Note from the school nurse: The “stomach flu” is
not actually caused by influenza viruses, which is
what the annual flu shot can protect you from. So,
even though you and your children should be
vaccinated for the flu, it won’t protect you from the
family of bugs that can make you sick to your
stomach. Frequent hand-washing is the best
prevention. If hands can’t be washed before eating a
snack, encourage your child to eat the food with a
napkin or wrapper.
Homework
Mon. – Thurs.
□ Study Spelling
Friday
□ Spelling Dictation Test
Sentences
□ Work on homework
packet
□ Complete reading and
math log
□ Math quiz on algebra
(Thurs.)
Don’t forget to take your
reading book home on Wed.
to re-read the story
"Island of the Blue
Dolphin” for the story
Correct and reflect -
□ Review Building
…….. Thinking Skills
………... Packet
□ Spelling/Reading
Comprehension
packet.
□Turn in Reading/Math
Log
-Facts Master Test
every Wednesday
test on Thursday,
Have you completed the
Building Thinking Skills Packet
and Reading
Comprehension/Spelling Packet
in class? (They are due Friday)
Flag Ceremony
Friday, Nov. 4th, 8:00-8:20
In front of Borman
Spelling Dictation Sentences
Focus: Literature Traits
1. Most plots begin with a problem or conflict that builds to a high point
and is then resolved.
2. A conclusion is a decision the reader makes based on evidence
given in the story.
3. A person’s individual qualities, such as greed or kindness, are
character traits.
4. Phrases that are used to compare two unlike things, or to mean
something other than their actual meaning, are called figurative
language. The sea roared like a lion.
5. Inference is information that is suggested in a story, but not told
directly.
Poems of the Week
Content Focus – Figurative Language Please choose a poem to memorize and recite to the class.
Fog
By Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
The Eagle By Alfred Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled see beneath him crawls;
He watched from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
The Panther
By Ogden Nash
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn’t been peppered,
Should you behold a panther crouch, prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, it called by a panther,
Don’t anther.