Newsletter

Dear Parents,
Thank you so much for sending in "community" snacks this week. The children were so excited on Monday and it is working out well. If you have not sent snacks yet please send them this week. These should last us through September! Also, I want to thank you for looking over your child's graded papers and sending them back today.
On Thursday your child will bring home their morning work notebook so he or she can study D.O.L. sentences we have worked on during the week. We check our morning work together everyday and discuss the corrections so they should not have to spend too much time studying for Friday's DOL quiz.
I am sending home Scholastic Book orders tomorrow. If you would like to order please have all orders submitted to Scholastic or returned to school by Tuesday, October 7th. Our class scholastic code is FLKQ9.
Mark your calendar for P.T.O. Open House on Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30. I hope you will make plans to join us and come visit our classroom.
Hoover Schools has created a committee whose goal is to educate our students, parents, and community about how to be a good "Digital Citizen". A large part of this campaign is to host three Community Information Nights during the month of September for parents, community members, local media, community leaders, and students (5th grade and up will be most appropriate). The three sessions will be held as follows:
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ Bumpus Middle, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 16, 2010 @ Berry Middle, 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 @ Simmons Middle, 7:00 p.m.
This week I sent home the SchoolMessenger account information for each student. SchoolMessenger is Hoover City Schools' notification system used to provide communication to parents on matters such as attendance, general interest activities, and campus/district emergencies. The form includes the steps and code you will need to set up an account for your child.
What we are learning this week:
Math- Addition and Subtraction strategies, the games Capture 5 and Collect $2.00
Reading - Reading strategies for comprehension, accuracy, and fluency; noticing and paying attention to interesting words to expand our vocabulary
Spelling - words with short i and long i sounds
Writing - noticing sensory details authors use to make stories more interesting and clear; using these "juicy" details in our own writing to describe
Social Studies - map skills, locating and reviewing the seven continents and four major oceans

Thanks for all you do to help your child and our classroom! We will be all smiles tomorrow for picture day! :)

Mrs. Chapman