Sept 18, 2009

News From Mrs. Denny’s Class
September 18, 2009
denny@lpatucson.org

Newsworthy News

September
25- Boston Market Fundraiser
4 p.m. to close

October
2- Pancake breakfast with the principal

2- Character Lunch

2- Bingo Night

7- Dress Down Day for $1.00

8- 40th Day of School

9- Report cards home. Half day with no lunch or after-school activities.

12 &13- Harvest Break. No School.

13- Skate Country Night

22- Chick-Fil-A Fundraiser

30- Harvest Carnival at Lakeside

Curriculum News

Students should have been studying their subtraction facts this week. They were tested on those facts on Friday.

We continue to work on our math concepts. Subtracting larger numbers with borrowing continues to be a focus. We are also working on solving mathematical story problems.

We continue to write about the City of Ember. Students are working on including specific details when they write their reactions to the reading.

In social studies, students are working on “painting a picture” for their reader in their immigrant story. They will complete their final copy in the next few days.

We have continued discussing the scientific method in science. We will investigate different inventions as well as inventors. Students were assigned a specific inventor to research and will write a research report to share with the class.
We also conducted our first experiment on Friday using chewing gum!

We’ve been playing some spelling games in class to help students master their weekly spelling words before the Friday test. Please encourage your child to study at home as well.

Mr Diaz, our counselor, visited again on Thursday. He worked with the students on citizenship.

News For Parents

Conferences: Thank you to all who returned the signature page of your child’s progress report! I am still waiting for a few more. For those requesting a conference, I will make appointments on Oct. 7, 9 and 14th. I will send home a notice the first week in October for you to select your day and time.

Independent Reading: Please help your child remember to read each evening (at least 20 minutes) and get their independent reading calendar signed by an adult. This assignment is a nightly homework assignment. Students will be counting up how many minutes they read each month and graphing their progress at the end of every month. Students know that any adult who saw them read for the day can sign their reading calendar.