Week of Sept. 28 - October 2

We are officially into the Fall and this weekend's slightly cooler temperatures made me excited for wearing warmer clothing and seeing the leaves fall to the ground in an array of beautiful colors!

This week we will be finishing up our first full month of school and heading into October!

The following are some helpful suggestions to get your child through this next week:

1)GRAMMAR Test on Prepositions: Tuesday we will have a test on the list of 40 Prepositions that we have been working on since the first week of school. Knowing these prepositions inside and out and being able to recognize them in sentences are the foundation for all grammar. After a prepositional phrase has been crossed out in a sentence, your child can easily identify the subject by asking themselves, "Who or What is this sentence about?" and the verb, by asking, "What is/was happening in the sentence? If you flip through your child's grammar section, you are bound to find some 20 pages of worksheets that we have been working on. I gave out, in addition to those worksheets, copies that students need to recite from memory all the prepositions. For our test, they will have to cross out the prepositional phrases, as well as, label the subject and verb in the sentences.

2)Our Vocabulary Test is on Wednesday for Unit 3 words. If you have not thought of good ways to study for these vocab words, then I suggest that you make flash cards or show your child how to make them and write a word on the front, definitions on the back, as well as some of the key synonyms and antonyms. I will be giving extra sentence work this week on this Unit.

3)Our Math Test is on Wednesday, as well. Please review our Pre-test 4A, 5A which we will do tomorrow (Monday). If they do not understand how to work some problems, revisit the lessons in their Math book and get them to work out some problems from the Problem Sets or Supplemental Practice in their book. This time they will have to show work, but will not be able to take the test home. So please encourage them to show their work!

4)Our Spelling Test is Friday! This past week's spelling test grades were wonderful for the majority, so keep up the GREAT work!

Other News:
This Wednesday, I will be out for a yearly doctor appointment. Mrs. Jean Croft will be our substitute. Please contact me via email if you need anything. Thank-you!