News From Mrs. Denny’s Class
August 28, 2009
denny@lpatucson.org
Newsworthy Notes

8/24-9/9 Entertainment book sales. All profits will be used for new computers!

8/31 Picture Day

9/2 Dress Down Day for $1.00

9/4 Movie Night

9/7 Labor Day. No School

9/11 Hero Night at Lakeside

Homework: Most students are bringing back their homework each day…Yeah! Some are still having trouble getting their independent reading calendar signed. Once your child has read for the evening, please sign their calendar indicating they have read. Any adult can verify their reading calendar. Thank you for your help in this matter.

VIP: One student will be selected every other week to be our classroom VIP. They will be chosen on Friday and must fill out the VIP sheet to share with the class the following Friday. They should also bring pictures depicting their life such as special events, trips, family, pets etc. sometime during the week of their VIP. They can display the pictures on poster board, bring them in a photo album or find another creative way to show off the pictures. This is a fun time to learn more about each other.

Curriculum News:

Students are working hard in math. We have completed up through lesson 8. Students took their first test on lessons 1-5 on Thursday. They should be studying their multiplication facts 0-12s at home.
Next week students will be tested on the multiplication facts. We will also focus on subtraction facts with a test the following week.

Spelling words will be introduced on most Mondays with a test to follow on Friday. Students receive their spelling homework packet on Mondays and have the option of pacing themselves throughout the week or completing it all in one evening. I did suggest, however, it is probably better to do one page each night so they are practicing the new words a little each day. We also work with the words during class.

Students took their first vocabulary quiz this week. The words we focused on were miscellaneous, dismissal, sequence, pluralism, immigrant, and descendant.

We continue to read The City of Ember. We are also doing some writing related to the book.

In Social Studies we have been learning about pluralism. Our nation is made up of many different ethnic, religious, and social groups. We are truly a melting pot.

Our Character Counts lesson this week focused on trustworthiness and honesty.
Mr. Baker and I have been assessing students’ reading and writing abilities all week. This has taken a lot of class time, therefore, we have not delved into our science text as of yet. We will begin learning about the scientific method next week.

Parent Notes:

Thank you for attending Open House. We had a great turn out. The students were very proud to show their guests around!
If you were unable to attend, would you please send me your email address so I may communicate with you about your child if necessary. You can send me a note via email (see address above), or you may jot down your email address and send it in with your child.

Thank you for helping your child get to school on time each day. It truly makes a difference in how their day goes!

Absent Students: Students have been notified that it is their responsibility to make up work when absent. I will not continually ask them to turn in specific assignments that were assigned while they were out. Students are given one day to make up work for every day that they are absent. Upon their return, students receive a list of assignments that they missed while they were absent. Students MUST be responsible for completing the assignments on their own.
If assignments are not turned in to me in a timely manner, they will not receive any credit for those assignments. Please ask your child about his/her make-up work and encourage them to be responsible.

Volunteers: Don’t forget to sign up to be fingerprinted if you wish to volunteer in the classroom, on fieldtrips, or around the school. You can pick up the paperwork at the front office.