October 29 November 2

October 31 Halloween, Halloween Grams,
November 7 Duds for 1's
November 9 Mid-quarter ends

Good Job!- Good job to our class for winning second place in the door decoration contest everyone did a great job helping to decorate our door. A special thanks to Denise and Isabelle for coming up with the idea for the wall.  Another great job for our class bringing in the second most candy for the Harvest Fest, great job parents and students thank you.

What we are doing ...
Math- Multiplying and Dividing Decimals, Fractions, Number Lines Saxon Lesson 48-51
Reading - Making connections, compare and contrasting, story elements
Writing- Functional Writing
Science- Vision in people and animals, Mars Rover Landing
Social Studies- political parties, Republican vs Democrat, political ideology


Spelling Words
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hearth
hermit
hinge
homage
homonym
humble
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October 22-26

Important Dates
October 22-26 Drug Awareness Week
October 25- Picture Retakes
October 26- Harvest Fest  6-8 PM

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!- Parents we need a few more volunteers to please sign up to help us at our booth this year. My class has been given the dunk tank to run this year and while we do not need volunteers to take the plunge we do need people to help collect tickets and give out the rewards. Please let me know ASAP if you are able to help with this.

CANDY- The school does need more candy to give out for its Harvest Festival, right now the winning class gets an Eegee party and our class sadly has not gotten much candy given to us to hand out. Please donate some candy so we have plenty of goodies to hand out at the Harvest Fest

Updates
Math - Decimals, Adding and Subtracting Fractions, Ordering Mixed Numbers
Reading -Finishing Bud not Buddy, inferences
Social Studies- Election, Political Parties, Campaign issues
Science- Fireflies, wild pets, giant fruits and vegetables
Writing- Country Report

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October 15-20

October 15
Thank you to all of the parents who came in for the parent teacher conferences we really had a great turnout this week. If you have any questions or comments about school information feel free to contract me at bboice@lpatucson.org
Reminders
October 15 Cookie dough fundraiser starts
October 17 Special Breast Cancer Awareness, Wear Pink!
October 22-26 Drug Awareness Week
October 25 Picture Retake
October 26 Harvest Fest
October 31 Halloween Grams

What we are Doing
Math- Fractions, multiplying, dividing; using zero as a place holder
Reading - Bud not Buddy, Comprehension Techniques
Writing- Culture Reports
Science- Giant Plants, x-ray vision, undersea diving, mummy doctors
Social Studies- Elections, Polling, Political Parties, Campaigning

Spelling Words
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Conferences

     Hopefully everyone had a great fall break and enjoyed the last nine days off of school. This upcoming week is a busy one with conferences scheduled for every day this week. Students were sent home a copy of this schedule with report cards as well as a questionnaire for parents to help them prepare for their conference. The conference schedule goes as follows.

Monday
8:00 -8:15 Denise F.
3:30-3:45 Nickolas M.
4:00-4:15 Luis R.
5:00- 5:15 Emilee A.

Tuesday
800-815 Gabbie N.
815-830 Lukas T.
330-345 Austin P.
400-415 Macdan M.

Wednesday
1145- 1200 Macdan M.
1200-1215 Anthony C.
1215 - 1230 Kyle M.

Thursday
800-815 Anthony D.
330- 345 John David

Friday
800-815 Annaleigha V.
330-345 Destiney S.
345-400 Gianna R.
400-415 Maneulla G.

If you have any questions about the schedule or if you may need to reschedule your time feel free to e-mail me at anytime at bboice@lpatucson.org.