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Thursday, 13 October 2011

Practice makes Perfect


Dear Parents and Students,

It has been a shorter week than normal due to the public holiday on Monday so this week absolutely flew by!

As we are nearing the end of the first term we are finishing off some units and therefore need to write some tests. Here are the newest test dates:  

Science:  Wednesday, October 19
                (Chapters 2 + 3)
English:  Friday, October 21
               (Unit 3:  Verbs)
Math:  Monday, October 24
           (Chapters 4 + 5)

Students, please have a look at "Helpful Websites" on our blog.  I added some links that will take you to websites where you can play extremely exciting educational games and play with some Math problems.  Have fun with them!  Practice those mathematical skills while you are having fun!  And keep in mind, Practice makes perfect!!!

Our midterm break is from October 27th.  School will start again, for all students, on Tuesday, November 1st.  

Curriculum Planning for Week 8:
Math:  We will finish and review Chapter 5, Subtraction.
Science:  We will be working on the Science Presentation.
Social Studies:  We will start Unit 2, The Land and the First Americans, and study Chapter 4 in Week 8.
English:  We will finish and review Unit 3, Verbs.
Reading:  We will read the next story in Theme 2: Celebrating Traditions.  The title of the story is Dancing Rainbows.

Spelling words for Week 8:

7 Core Subject Words:
contractions
difference
salmon
ceremony
totem pole
grid
Halloween 

6 Frequent Words (past tense):
(bring) - brought
(buy) - bought
(catch) - caught
(choose) - chose
(send) - sent
(sleep) - slept

2 Challenging Words:
estuary
tributary

Homework 10/14:
Math:  2 pages
English:  p.35
Spelling:  sign test + corrections (X10)
Science:  Review Chapter 3
WORK ON YOUR PRESENTATION!

Our Student of the Week is Ashley Han.  She is a good example of someone who is open-minded and she is always enthusiastic, no matter what the assignment is.  Congratulations, Ashley!  You are a star!

Have a super weekend, everyone!  And take care!

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