Dear Parents,
     WOW!! The cold is here!!  Too cold, as a matter of fact.  I hope we get some warmth back in there a little or it will be a long winter.  Thank you for being patient and rescheduling conferences so I could go to the football game.  I appreciate it and I know my kids did too.  I am finally finished with all of them.  Thank you for meeting with me, I enjoy talking with all of you.  Thank you for sharing your children with me.  I do enjoy them every day.

Language Arts - This week we have started back in the book with a story called Hurricanes.  It is a nonfiction piece on how hurricanes form and where.  Also where they hit.  Our spelling list was on compound words and we are talking about homophones in grammar.  The homophones are the most frequently confused: to, too, two, there, their, they're, its and it's.  We also touched on hear, here, read, and red.  We also worked on decoding compound words.  The end of week assessment is tomorrow.  Please remember to study the vocabulary.  Next week is a very short week so we will not read a story in the book. I plan to do another fluency evaluation and for the students to do a writing project. This also means no spelling words next week.

Math - We are finishing up chapter 2.  They were assigned the review today.  We will check it tomorrow.  The actual test will be on Monday.  We will correct it on Tuesday.  I don't plan on starting chapter 3 until the Monday after Thanksgiving.  Please, talk to them about trying their hardest.  They also took a timed test today over multiplication facts.  I am seeing improvements.  Yay!! Keep working!!

Social Studies - Your child was given their due dates today for the first projects.  They were excited.  I will get the poster boards and cake tracers out to them next week.  They may begin work on them.  We are visiting the Northeast region, talking about NIagra Falls, the Appalachain Mountains, and the different mountain ranges that are in there, also the different coastlines.  Maine has a very rocky coastline where in New Jersey it is sandy with great beaches.  We also talked about the Appalachain Trail.  It is a trail that covers 2,160 miles on top of the Appalachain Mountains.  It goes through 14 states, starting in Maine all the way through Georgia.  I think that is very interesting.  I will be anxious to see the first projects in December!!

Book Orders - I sent home two book orders today for November,  I just decided that I am gong to also send 2 for December home tomorrow.  Please look at all four.  You can order out of any of them.  I would like them due back on Dec. 5th so that I can get them sent off and back by Christmas. If you would like to get your child gift secretly we can do that.  Just email me, send me a note, stop order off to Sarah in office, I will do whatever to make it happen. I can email you when they get here and work something out to make sure it stays a secret!! I love secrets!!!  

Please read the school letter on the website as well.  We will be having a celebration on December 1st for Nate and T.J. Frey and it talks about the events that will be happening that day. 

Have a great weeknd!!  

God Bless,
Mrs. Sickels