If you lose your newsletter please go to www.mg.k12.mo.us, click on Parent resources, click Faculty and Staff, click on my name and you will have access to the weekly newsletter. Mrs. Wakefield’s Weekly Note Spelling List For the week of October 12, 2015 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. thread scratch spray scrubs spread 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. throw spree throne strong screams 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. three scraped street screens strength 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. sign wrote knight streamer scribble Spelling Test will be on Friday, October 16!!! Dates to Remember: THIS WEEK - National School Lunch Week Oct. 13 - Muffins with Mom, 7 AM - 8 AM, gym Oct. 14 - End of 1st quarter Oct. 21 - CBC Blood Drive, Noon to 6 PM, MGHS Oct. 21 - Parent/teacher conferences, 3:30 - 5:30 Oct. 22 - Early dismissal, 12:35, lunch will be served Oct. 22 - Parent/teacher conferences, 1:00 - 6:00 - staff dinner will be served at 4:30 in the workroom Oct. 23 - No school Week of Oct. 26 - Scholastic Book Fair, 8 AM - 5 PM,library Week of Oct. 26 - Red Ribbon Week Monday - wear red Tuesday - superhero Wednesday - twin day Thursday - team or panther shirts Friday - fall party day Oct. 29 - Book Fair Family Night & BBQ, 5 PM - 7 PM Oct. 30 - Fall parties, 2:30 PM Oct. 31 - Laura’s Run, 9 AM, Lake Freebird (601 N Busch) Nov. 1 - Daylight Savings Time ends - set your clocks back one hour Parent Teacher Conferences begin next Monday. Thank you to those who have already signed up. Your appointment confirmation is on a bright green paper. If you have not signed up it’s not too late. Keep sending them in. We look forward to meeting with you. Homework: Don’t forget to have your child read their weekly story at home for 5 bonus reading points! Sign the bonus point paper and return it to school! This week read p.210-221, Living in the Cliffs, Go West!, Reading and Writing Connection. Don’t forget, your child can read it on their eBook on the computer. If you need help with your eBook please contact me. Book It-October begins the Book It Program for our class. Your child’s goal is to read 200 minutes at home for the month. Your child can count their minutes reading the weekly story homework on their Book It calendar. At the end of the month return your child’s Book It calendar to me, signed by you, for a certificate for free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Study Help-To help in the study process at home for reading, your child may take an AR test on their weekly story. Your child has their own unique name and password for Renaissance Place (A.R.). Go to the schools main web page www.mg.k12.mo.us under student resources click Renaissance Place. Coats- It is beginning to get cold. Make sure your child’s name is inside coats, hats, gloves, etc. Every year our school has an enormous lost and found pile. If your child needs a coat please let me know and I will get them one. Math –This week we will be multiplying by 3, adding and subtracting arrays, and beginning measurement Reading-This week we will be studying how to main ideas and details. Grammar: This week we will be working on Irregular Plural Nouns. Spelling: This week we will be working on words with three letter blends. Vocabulary- Know the meaning of the following: traditional, established, communities, immigrants, culture.