THE TUMBLEWEED TIMES
September 17 – September 21
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Mark Your
Calendar
9/17 – Student Council
Speeches and Posters
hung
9/17 – 21 – Fall Book Fair
9/18 – Class visit to the
bookfair
9/18 – Student Council
Elections
9/21 – GAMEDAY! (3:00 –
6:00)
9/24 – Math Learning Link
Assessment
9/28 – Kona Ice
Weekly
Studies:
Math: Describing the
Shape of Data
Reading: Vocabulary,
Word Study,
Synonyms&Antonyms,
Character Traits and
Motivation
Science:
Sound/Landforms
SS: Chp 1 Wrap and
beginning of Chp 2
Language Arts:
Expository Writing/
Nouns
Tests/What’s Due?
9/19 – DOL Quiz
9/17 – 9/21 – Reading Log
9/20 – Sound TestTest
(study guide was sent
home on September 17)
9/21 – Daily Math Review
Quiz
9/21 – Word Study
9/21 - Vocabulary
September
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Birthdays
John Paul DeLorme!
GAMEDAY
12 – Adam
17 - Christian
18 – Christian
30 - Nikki
ADOPT A CLASS
If you or a business you
know of would like to
be our classroom
sponsor, please let me
know and I will get you
in contact with our
PTO! Thanks!
Word Study
1. contestant
2. comical
3. seventeen
4. summer
5. sandwich
6. sheltering
7. dollar
8. chicken
*Remember there will be
two surprise words on the
final test on Friday with
the same pattern!
Vocabulary
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
pact
queasy
foisted
depriving
annoyed
venture
You will find the definitions of
these words as well as the word
study words in your child’s
binder behind the study guide
tab.
Mark your calendars
Our fall field trip is on
October 23rd to the
McWane Science Center.
The permission slips
were sent home
Wednesday, September
5th in your child’s blue
grade folders. Money
and permission slips are
due by October 3rd!
Please send these back in
a timely manner. Let me
know if you have any
questions or concerns
after you receive the
forms!
Fall Book Fair
Our fall book fair is just
around the corner and we
are very excited for the huge
selection of books that will
be available. Our class will
be previewing the fair on
Monday, September 17th
and creating a wish list to be
sent home that night. On
Tuesday, September 18th we
will go to the fair from 2:00 –
2:30. Parents are more than
welcome to join us! Please
note that this is the only time
we will be able to go
purchase so please send
money that day. Parents are
welcome to take their child
individually before or after
school, but this will be the
only day we go as a class. If
you are interested in
volunteering at the fair,
please contact the front
office!
for Friday, September
21st from 3:00 – 6:00.
Armbands are $20
which includes all
games, rides, and food.
Ticket sales run from
September 14 – 21.
Your student will not
want to miss this
event! More
information will be
sent home soon.
Tip for Testing
Success
Can’t find the
words for
the weekly
tests in
your child’s binder
and the class
newsletter has gone
missing? Check out
our class blog under
the newsletter tab. All
previous newsletters
are archived there
and you can always
find that week’s
words.