Sept. 24-28

SPELLING
Students will take a pretest every Monday morning and will receive a list specific to their needs. We will work with those words during the week, and they will have an assessment on Friday. This week, all words have a short vowel sound. We are also introducing the "ck" pattern and the "ea" vowel blend. The assessment will include 5 of these words and 5 surprise words. Students will bring home a list on Monday for practice at home.

GRAMMAR
This week, we will study verbs with two of our favorite superheros, Verb and Verbette!

WRITING
In light of Education: Go Get It! Week, we are focusing our writing lessons on the future. We will brainstorm about our school, college, and career goals and will dream of what our future can hold. As we make our dream boards and write about our plans, we will look forward with anticipation of great success!  We will see ourselves on graduation day, with a big smile because we accomplished our dreams!

READING
We will introduce our fourth component of Daily 5: Word Work. During this time, students will have the opportunity to work with and manipulate their spelling words using materials other than a pencil and paper. For our reading skill focus, we will work on retelling stories in a logical order using a "retell rope".  Each knot on the rope will lead us sequentially through a story.

MATH
Our knowledge of numbers and place value will continue with a study of number lines this week. We will also look at hundreds charts and look for patterns that can be found within the charts! Homework will come home on Tuesday. We will assess your child's knowledge of place value and number lines on Friday.

SCIENCE
To kick off our science unit, we will learn about science safety rules and the scientific process. Students will discover that we are each scientists and will be conducting several experiments to practice their knowledge of safety and processes.

LIFE JOURNALS
Life Journals are always due on Friday mornnings! Students need to be writing about an event that has happened to them and attach an item or picture to the entry. All entries should be at least 1 page in length (skipping lines is okay) and should include the date.

EDUCATION: GO GET IT! WEEK
Please encourage your child to participate in this week's activities.

Monday: Give a Hoot Day: Wear your Caraway t-shirt
Tuesday: Dress for Success: Dress up for the career of your choice
Wednesday: Step up for Education: Wear your tennis shoes
Thursday: Hats off to College: Students wear their favorite collegiate hat
Friday: Show Your College Spirit: Wear your favorite college shirt.

REMINDERS
Tuesday, September 25th is the Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) kickoff breakfast, held in the cafeteria annex at 7:45am. This is a great program that involves our wonderful dads in our school. If you think you might be interested, please come and learn more at the breakfast!

Skate Night is Thursday, September 27th at 6:30 pm.

Bike Rodeo is Saturday, the 29th. Be on the lookout for more information to come!