Mrs. Pennington’s class:
Science – We are continuing to work on the
Science Studies Weekly Week 1 newspaper. Ask
your student what he or she has learned this week.
Studies
Social Studies – We completed Ch. 1 in History
Alive! and will have a test on Monday. Students
have a study guide. If they get it signed and
returned at the time of the test, they will earn 5
bonus points. Next week we will be working a
couple of days learning how to read time lines and
then we will begin an Economics unit.
Language/Writing –We will finish up Unit 1
Sentences with a test and begin on writing
paragraphs to prepare for the next stage of writing
an entire piece.
Math – Make sure you are studying your
multiplication table at least 5 minutes a day. If you
do this, each student should have the table
memorized by Christmas break. In class we are
working on adding and subtracting whole numbers
and decimals.
I have attached a Highlights magazine
information/order form to today’s newsletter.
Whether you order or not, please sign and return
the form. We can get a free subscription for the
classroom if all of them are returned. If you would
like to order this magazine for your child, please fill
out and return the order form. Please do not send in
any money. You will be billed later.
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FYI
 If your child is going home with
another student after school, you
must send a note to school with
them. Also, the student that your
child is going home with must
bring in a note. If a note is
forgotten, the child will NOT be
allowed to call home.

If you plan to send snacks to school for a
birthday or other occasion, they MUST be
store bought and approved by the teacher
before being sent in. This is a new policy from
the school.

Don’t forget to be looking for your child’s
binder and planner each day after school.
Students know it is their responsibility to copy
the assignments from the list on the board
each day. For a student to earn Classroom
Bucks for the planner, parents must sign it
every day.

PTO is collecting Box Tops for Education. You
can send these at any time to your child’s
teacher.

The first six weeks grading period will end on
Friday, Sept. 17th.
Reading – We will be reading the story Eye of the
Storm on pages 57-75. We will also be working on
the following skills: using graphic organizers, text
organization, syllabication, and dictionary skills.
We are proud of the effort our students have shown
on the Think Link assessments (Reading, Math, and
Social Studies) this week. The Think Link testing
this year is being done online instead of the
students bubbling in an answer sheet that has to be
sent off to be scored.
News
Mrs. Emerson’s class:
Science –We will finish up Science Studies Weekly
Newspaper. 
Happy August and September Birthdays
August 19th Ethen Spears, August 24th Jayden
Soule, Sept. 1st Hayley Crowley, Sept. 15th Jordan
Wesley
Spelling
Eye of the Storm
Long a, e, i Vowels
Test Fri., Sep. 3rd
*Bonus words
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Miss Atwood’s class:
Science – We finished Ch. 1 in health on Wednesday
and began science on Thursday. We are using a
weekly periodical called Science Studies Weekly
this year. These are in newspaper format. Ask your
child what we have been learning about in our first
issue.
I have attached a Scholastic book order and a letter
explaining everything. Please bring in any orders by
next Friday, Sept. 3rd.
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1. speech
2. claim
3. strike
4. stray
5. fade
6. sign
7. leaf
8. thigh
9. thief
10. height
11. mild
12. waist
13. sway
14. beast
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
stain
fleet
stride
praise
slight
niece
campaign*
describe*
cease*
sacrifice*
plight*
Times Available for Conferences
The World Trade Center had:
 200,000 tons of steel
 425,000 cubic yards of concrete
 43,600 windows
 12,000 miles of electric cables
 its own zip code -10048
 a total of 7 buildings
Each of the Twin Towers:
 had 110 floors
 was 208 ft by 208 ft at the base
 weighed 500,000 tons
 1,368 ft high (north tower or WTC #1)
 1,362 ft high (south tower or WTC #2)
 contained 198 miles of heating ducts
 97 elevators for passengers, 6 elevators for
freight
Mrs. Pennington
Monday & Wednesday
8:55-9:35
Tuesday
1:50-2:30
Friday
8:55-9:35
10:15-10:55
Mrs. Emerson
Monday
10:15-10:55
Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, & Friday
8:55-9:35
Wednesday
1:10-1:50
Miss Atwood
Monday
8:55-9:35
Tuesday
1:10-1:50
Wednesday
10:15-10:55
Thursday
8:55-9:35
10:15-10:55
Friday
1:10-1:50
(information taken from FactMonster.com)
Never Forget
Sept. 11, 2001
QUESTIONS!!
If you have questions about your child please contact
us. Call the school at 787-1217, or e-mail us at
ginger.emerson@casey.kyschools.us or
marlene.atwood@casey.kyschools.us or
karen.pennington@casey.kyschools.us. We will
return your notes, calls, and/or emails ASAP.