Mrs. Ortiz’s Class Spelling Words Abstract Vowels ou, oi 1. proud 2. boil 3. loud 4. house 5. join 6. cloud 7. sound 8. voice 9. oil 10. round 11. point 12. south 13. found 14. soil 15. ground Mark Your Calendar! 8/25 (Tuesday) – Science materials, start experimenting, and work data due. 8/28 (Friday) – Bagels and Bullies 8:15 – 9:15 Notes from Room D103 We will be skipping to Week 5 in our Fluency folders for homework to make it easier to keep on track. Homework is turned in on Friday mornings. Class code for Scholastic books is: FJVVP Orders will be placed on September 18th. Science experiments are continuing this week. For the materials, experimenting, and data just send me a note, email, or send your document to me showing me that this deadline is being met and I will sign off of it in the gradebook. Starts bringing in Third Grade Angels, Sadako, and Shiloh. Don’t forget that I have Shiloh for $1 and can order the other two for $6. Orders will be placed on September 4th. Turn in VIP Fundraisers. VIPs due by August 31st. What we are learning this week: Reading o o We will be reading fables, understanding the characters, their relationships, and paraphrasing themes. We will be creating an original fable during Writer’s Workshop. Math o Science We will be rounding numbers to the tens and hundreds place. o o We will describe and classify states of matter. We will be discussing mixtures and solutions. Contact Information for Mrs. Ortiz hzais@sisd.net / (915)937-6800 Social Studies o o We will describe how individuals like Daniel Boone & Christopher Columbus contributed to the expansion of existing communities. We will continue the use of cardinal / intermediate directions to locate local community on map and globes.