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Miss Story’s
Class newsletter
August 21, 2009
Things to remember:
 Please initial your child’s assignment book each night. This helps
establish a good connection between home and school.
 Every Friday is early release day. We will dismiss an hour earlier on those
days.
 Make sure to send lunch money in an envelope with student and
teacher name on front.
 Picture Day is Wednesday, August 26th.
 I sent home a brown paper sack today so they can create a “ME” bag
to bring back to school to share on Monday.
 Check out the classroom blog for updates and spelling games.
www.astory-totell.blogspot.com
Reading :
We will set up the reading log, check out books, discuss procedures for reading
time.
Spelling: Words for the week: skate, blade, gain, safe, drag, aid, past, gray,
drain, jail, shape, plant, hang, pray, pain, glass, shall, sale, steak, break
Strategy: Remember that the short a sound is usually spelled a, followed by a
consonant sound. When you hear the long a sound, think of the patterns a-
consonant-e, ai and ay.
Grammar focus: Capitalization
You will find the g rammar focus on the back of the
weekly spelling wor ds.
Writing:
We will talk about what good writers do, what good writing looks like, and we will
start free writing.
Math:
Multiplication with arrays
Science:
We will begin a unit on Rocks. We will study the rock cycle and 3 types of rocks:
Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary.