November

Hello families!

Thank you to all the families that helped out (with supplies, food, or activities) with our Halloween Party!  Everyone seemed to have a great time.  I appreciate your willingness to be a part of our fun!

We have started a new spelling assessment.  Hopefully you saw it yesterday.  Since students are supposed to be using the correct spelling in everyday writing, we are now going to be practicing this for our weekly test.  I have sentences written, some are correct and some have errors (spelling skill related).  Students are to find the misspelled words and write them correctly.  This is a difficult new skill for them and last week the tests were not incredibly stellar.  That was to be expected!  The students now know what to look for and felt more comfortable today.  I will have the tests graded and returned next week.  I think this will be a better format for assessment with regards to our reporting topics in English Language Arts (ELA).  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

The November Scholastic book orders came home yesterday.  If you missed out on a book at the Book Fair here at school, here is your chance to still get a book!  The orders are due next Wednesday.  If you would like to browse or purchase on-line, the instructions are on the right-hand side under "Scholastic Book Orders."

Have a great weekend and remember to set your clock back 1 hour Saturday night!  Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!

Mrs. Spenner