~What’s Happening in Room 123?~
Miss Jordan’s Classroom Newsletter
Reading
This week we will continue working
on our monthly reading skill. We
will examine text organization and
features, such as headings and
captions, as well as pulling out the
main idea of the article. We will
explore story structure elements
Writing/Grammar
Writing~ In writing we will continue
magnifying. The students magnify in
order to make their writing more
focused.
Grammar~ We will identify the subject
and predicate in simple and compound
sentences.
as we read the story New York’s
Word Work
Bravest. Students will learn to
identify main idea and details of
fiction and nonfiction text.
Tuesday (Day 6) will be our first word
work assessment on the initial hard g,
hard c, soft g, and soft c pattern
words. On Wednesday (Day 1) we will
begin working with words that follow
the pattern of final soft g and c.
Math
This week in math we will be wrapping up Unit 1. On Monday, the students will
review square numbers as well as find the square root of a number. On
Tuesday, the students will represent numbers as products of factors (factor
strings) and as products of prime numbers (prime factorization). Wednesday
we will have a BIG review, and then Thursday will be our Unit 1 assessment.
Social Studies/Science
This Week’s Homework
In social studies, we will review everything
Monday~ Word Work Day 5 & test tomorrow;
SL 1.8; Text organization practice sheet
Tuesday~ SL 1.9
Wednesday~ Word Work Day 1; Math review
sheet
Thursday~ Word Work Day 2
Friday~ Word Work Day 3
*Word work test on Tuesday.
*Math test on Thursday.
*Social studies test on Thursday.
that we have learned so far in Chapter 1.
We will play a review game using the
Quizdom to test our skills before the test!
The Chapter 1 test will be on Thursday.
Students will begin bringing home materials
to study on Tuesday. Please help your child
understand the importance of studying!
Upcoming Dates & Reminders
Open House has been rescheduled for
Thursday, September 15th. The schedule is as
follows:
6:30-6:40 ~ Greeting from Mr. Moyer in Caféteria (Group 1)
6:45-7:15 ~ Classroom Meetings #1
7:15-7:25 ~ Greeting from Mr. Moyer in Cafeteria (Group 2)
7:30-8:00 ~ Classroom Meetings #2
As we remember and honor the heroes of
September 11th, I would like to begin
collecting items to send to our troops
overseas. We will be sending items to a
unit deployed in Afghanistan. Please
consider donating one of the following
items by September 26th:
-beef jerky
-magazines
-gum
-drink mixes
-snacks (individual sized packages) such as
pretzels, chips, nuts, candy
If you have any questions, please contact
me! Thank you for your support.
Hope to see you there! 
TRACKS
T-Take responsibility for what you say
and do.
R- Respect people and property.
A- Act safely.
C- Come prepared to learn.
K- Keep hands and feet to yourself.
S- Solve problems peacefully.