Ms. Britton’s Newsletter
September 14, 2015
Dear Parents,
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to send me
an email. Thanks and have a great week!
Mrs. Britton
***LOOKING AHEAD***
*Cookie Dough Fundraiser turn in day is the next
three Tuesdays.
*Book Fair – September 14-18.
*United Way Hat Day: Tuesday, September 15 –
Students can pay $1 for the right to wear a hat during
the school day.
*Fall Picture Day – September 16
**Patriot Day Food Drive September 1-30. The
food bank needs cans and boxes of non-perishable
food. You can also make a monetary donation too!
The class collecting the most food will get a Pepsi
and pizza party!!! I will give bonus points to all the
students who participates in this worthy cause!!
Reading/VocabularyThis week we will begin learning about nonfiction text features as
we continue learning to be deeper thinkers. We will work on
identifying main idea from each section of the text we read. We
will be reading about snakes in our National Geographic Explorer
magazine. During centers we will be reading another nonfiction
text on snakes, working on cursive handwriting, vocabulary,
spelling, and technology.
Website: ees.cullmancats.net
Homework
Monday
read 20 minutes
__math bonus pages (sent home last Friday)
__study math vocabulary words
__study vocabulary from Dear. Mrs. LaRue
Tuesday
—read 20 minutes
__study for chapter 2 math test
__study reading vocabulary words
__study vocabulary from Dear. Mrs. LaRue
Wednesday
—read 20 minutes
Thursday
__read 20 minutes
__study for DOL test
__math pages 49-50
Friday
___Read 20 minutes
__math pages 51-52 (should have time to complete in class)
__study math vocabulary words
What we’re learning...
Vocabulary
we will be using our words in content this week. Our test will be
Wednesday.
Spelling
we will begin getting our spelling words for next week. The list
should come home Friday. Every child will not have the same
spelling words. Spelling is based on each child’s needs. We will
have spelling tests on Thursdays.
Writing
we will begin learning how to write an expository paragraph.
Math
We will review chapter 2 today and tomorrow and take the chapter
test Wednesday. The vocabulary test will be Tuesday. Thursday
we will begin chapter 3-Understanding Multiplication.
Monday: Review chapter
Tuesday: Study Guide & Vocabulary Test
Wednesday: Chapter 2 Math Test
Thursday: Lesson 3.1 Count Equal Groups pages 97-100
Friday: Lesson Relate Addition and Multiplication pages 101-104
English– We will continue with our DOL skills this week. We will
be looking for irregular verbs, homophones, spelling patterns,
apostrophe to form contractions, punctuation, and nouns. DOL
test will be Friday.
Social studies– we will be learning about physical maps and
identifying regions and boundaries within the U.S.
Tests this week:
Tuesday:
Math Vocabulary Test
Wednesday:
Math-Chapter 2 Test
Reading vocabulary test-Dear Mrs. LaRue
Friday:
DOL Test
**I will be taking grades during reading and social
studies I will let the children know when I am taking
the activity for a grade, and if it will count for a test
grade or a daily grade.
Congratulations to Colter Bowen. He is our
good citizen this week!
Cullman City Schools Character Trait: Courage
“I learned that courage was not the absence of
fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not
he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers
that fear.” -Nelson Mandela