Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Harvest Fest October 27

Conferences-
Thank you everyone for coming in for the parent teacher conferences last week. It was nice meeting all of the parents in my classroom. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you have about anything in class any time at bboice@lpatucson.org .  

Harvest Fest - October 28th
The annual Harvest Fest is this Friday from 6-8. My class has gotten the Bean Bag toss for its booth, and we will need a few parent volunteers to help out if anyone is willing.


Updates
This week in class we are ...
Math- organizing rational numbers, dividing decimals
Reading- Bud not Buddy
Science - Matter and Motion
Social Studies- Ancient Egypt
Writing- Functional Text

Monday, October 17, 2011

October 17 -21

Conferences - Make sure to come in for your scheduled conference time! Everyone got a finalized copy of the conference schedule on Weds so please make sure to check it and come in on your schedule time.

Reminders - Planners should be checked reguarly to see what assignments students have as homework. Every night students have math, reading, and spelling no matter what.

Upcoming events ; October 20 Picture retakes; October 21 Boston Market Fundraiser; October 28th Harvest Fest 6-8 pm

Acuity __
Students will be expected to go online if possible at home or at school to complete some assignments through the Acuity program. Acuity is an online system which can be used as an educational tool as well as an AIMS test prep program. Students are expected to check weekly under the TEST and STUDY tools to see if they have any assignments to complete. The website is https://acuitywest.ctb.com/index.jsp.

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Monday, October 3, 2011

October 3-8

Conferences - Please sign up for a conference time as soon as possible on the form that I sent home. Conferences will start October 17.

Weekly Updates
In math we are working on fractions
In reading we are starting Bud Not Buddy
In writing we are working on our cultural appers
In science we are working on matter
In Social Studies we are learning about early civilizations

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