There will not be a spelling test this week. Your child will bring home their words to sort, but the test will not be until Thursday, Nov. 5.
The high frequency words are: asked, don't, world, going
We are reading nonfiction books as we work on our Information Expert unit in Literacy. We are comparing and contrasting 2 informational books and noticing what is the same and what is different about the texts.
We are also going to start publishing our personal narratives that we have been working on.
Please remember to return both parts of the Y5210 and to sign the sheet. Thank you so much for taking the time to fill out the information!
I look forward to seeing all of you on Wednesday or Thursday for our conference!

The Book Fair needs volunteers! 

Please consider volunteering a couple hours of time. It really needs the help! I've only got one volunteer signed up (and it's not me!) This fair simply cannot function without volunteers! 

Visit the PTO link on the Spring Road Web site. Look for the Volunteer Spot flower in the upper right corner. http://www.neenah.k12.wi.us/schools/springroad/pto.cfm

Tell your friends! 

Thanks in advance! 

Linda

Congratulations Joshua! Joshua won the Smoke Detector Contest and he gets to spend most of the morning with the fire department.
There are a lot of fun activities planned for the week to get ready for the Monster Book Fair. A flier is coming home today of all the activities and ways to help raise money for books for the school.
Monday is Monster Monday. Students are encouraged to bring in their pennies to donate and decorate a monster for their lockers.
Tuesday is Terrifying Tuesday. Students are encouraged to bring in their nickels and wear a favorite hat.
Wednesday is Weird Wednesday. Students are encouraged to bring in their dimes and wear weird or wacky clothes.
Thursday is Thrilling Thursday. Students are encouraged to bring in quarters and wear crazy socks.
Friday is Freaky Friday. Students are encouraged to bring in any coins and dress up as a non-scary monster.
Also this week we are starting Y5210. This is an exciting program through the YMCA to promote healthy habits, healthy living, and healthy lifestyle choices. Each week we focus on a new topic. We learn about it and we make sure we exercise at least twice during the week in the classroom. An activity sheet is sent home on Monday and we ask that you help your child do the activity and sign the sheet. The sheet needs to be returned by the following Monday. If all three third grade classes get 80% of the activities done each week, we will be able to go on a field trip to the Y! More information is coming home today along with the activity.
Continue to help your child spell and sort their spelling words. This weeks high frequency words are: few, those, show, often.
Today we will take the Unit 2 Pretest. This will help us decide which group your child will be in for math. We will take the Unit 1 Post test on Tuesday. We will start our new groupings for Unit 2 on Wednesday.

Thank you to all the parents and children who were able to attend the Open House on Thursday! It was fun to watch the children show their parents around the room and many of the activities that we do. I also enjoyed talking to many of you. I am so lucky to have a great group of children!
We made it through our first full week of Words Their Way spelling activities. I was very pleased with how well many of the students did this week with the activities and on the test. Please continue to help your child with the sorts and practice spelling the words, including the high frequency words. This weeks words are:
saw, something, thought, both
It should be a pretty normal week this week. We moved our desks so the students should be excited about their new groups/tribes along with their new names.
We are finishing up our first unit in math. We will be taking our post test next week. Please help your child practice their multiplication facts. We have learned the following facts: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10.
We are also finishing our unit in literacy called 'Caring About Characters.' We have been learning about character traits, how characters change from the beginning to the end, and how we can learn lessons from the characters we have read about.
You should have received your conference time on Friday.  Please return the conference form ASAP. I look forward to seeing all of you then.
Upcoming Events:
Picture retakes are on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Conferences: Wednesday, Oct. 28 4-8pm
                       Thursday, Oct. 29 12:30-8pm
11:30 Dismissal on Thursday, Oct. 29.
No school on Friday, Oct. 30.

Today is our first day of word sorts in their color groups. Your child will bring home a colored sheet of paper with their words. They should practice these words every night. Look for the letter and different sorts to come home as well. Also, they will have 4 high frequency words to learn each week. These should be written in their planner, but if your child did not write them down, they are:
along, might, sound, below

Tuesday, (10/6) we have fire safety.
Wednesday, (10/7) is our last Walk to School Wednesday until the spring.