Dear Parents,

Thank you for your warm reception at our Open House last night. I have met many of you of previous occasions and was happy to meet those of you whom I had not yet met. I also appreciate your patience in establishing regular communication and communication of grades.

In response to some of the questions from last night-
I talked with the students in class today about the routine for Wordly Wise that will start next week. One to two Wordly Wise lessons will be assigned each night (Monday-Thursday). Students will write which lessons are to be completed in their agenda's. We will review the homework/lesson the following morning and there will be a Wordly Wise Test each Friday.

I am going to work on a more consistent spelling assignment/s for homework and let you know sometime next week.

Grade Speed/Parent Connect is up and running. I have inputted grades for Language Arts, Social Studies, Math and Science. I will be entering more this weekend. I will enter grades at least once a week in the future (starting next week).

5th graders will all take the Naglieri (NNAT) on Tuesday, October the 26th.

Social Studies Update!

We will be finishing up US Geography next week with a culminating Test on Thursday of all the States. Some students who took the opportunity to take this test early and score a 90% or higher will be working on a state project in class instead of daily geography activities. Some good websites for students to practice US Geography are:

http://www.vectorkids.com/maps.htm

http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/

Enjoy the long weekend! Carol Rivers