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Week of October 15th                   In class this week:    Reading - We are reading Tuck Everlasting  in our study of what makes a novel. Also, we are looking at the story elements: character, setting, plot and conflict. We will have our regular 5 question test on Friday. Students read a short passage then answer 4 multiple choice questions and construct a written response to one question. English - We look at possessive pronouns. Writing - We are writing personal narratives. Spelling - Vowel patterns in the stressed syllale: E  Students will have their weekly test on Friday.Social Studies - We continue to study patrons and explorers from Europe. Students will have a review states test on the southeast and northeast combined. Maps will be given out in class. Students will have a 50 states test after Thanksgiving. Notes and Reminders:​Dauphin Island is coming up fast we need a final count. Please remember to send in your $100 deposit; total cost is $260. We had a fantastic rsponse to the fund raiser!! Our goal is to lower our overall cost for both overnight field trips with the money earned. If you have any concerns or questions as a family about participating please, please ask. We want all students to go! The Dauphin Island trip is my favorite and chaperones have always been impressed with what the kids get from this trip. Thank you to Mrs. Metcalf for organizing and to all of you for pitching in to raise the money. AGAIN, we need to know who is going as soon as possible!! Including if you are going as a chaperone and you have not let us know. Parents do make this a fun and safe trip....so thanks again to our Monte Sano parents!!All medication & paperwork must be administered by the teachers unless you are going with your child. All over the counter and prescription meds need to be turned in to Nurse Robin by October 18th in person please do not send with a student.  

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Week of October 15th                   In class this week:    Reading - We are reading Tuck Everlasting  in our study of what makes a novel. Also, we are looking at the story elements: character, setting, plot and conflict. We will have our regular 5 question test on Friday. Students read a short passage then answer 4 multiple choice questions and construct a written response to one question. English - We look at possessive pronouns. Writing - We are writing personal narratives. Spelling - Vowel patterns in the stressed syllale: E  Students will have their weekly test on Friday.Social Studies - We continue to study patrons and explorers from Europe. Students will have a review states test on the southeast and northeast combined. Maps will be given out in class. Students will have a 50 states test after Thanksgiving. Notes and Reminders:​Dauphin Island is coming up fast we need a final count. Please remember to send in your $100 deposit; total cost is $260. We had a fantastic rsponse to the fund raiser!! Our goal is to lower our overall cost for both overnight field trips with the money earned. If you have any concerns or questions as a family about participating please, please ask. We want all students to go! The Dauphin Island trip is my favorite and chaperones have always been impressed with what the kids get from this trip. Thank you to Mrs. Metcalf for organizing and to all of you for pitching in to raise the money. AGAIN, we need to know who is going as soon as possible!! Including if you are going as a chaperone and you have not let us know. Parents do make this a fun and safe trip....so thanks again to our Monte Sano parents!!All medication & paperwork must be administered by the teachers unless you are going with your child. All over the counter and prescription meds need to be turned in to Nurse Robin by October 18th in person please do not send with a student.  

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In Class this week:

Reading - We're working on text structure and reading Tuck Everlasting.  Weekly Comprehension Check for grade on Friday. This week students will have a vocabulary test on Friday; students will have a list of words & definitions.

English - Subject and object pronouns

Writing - Personal Narratives. Students working in their Writing spirals.

Spelling - Vowel patterns in the stressed syllable: A; Test Friday.

Social Studies - NO STATES test this week. We have finished all regional tests. After fall break we will start tests again by using 2 combined regions as tests. Students will be introduced to the Columbian Exchange.

Notes and Reminders:

Tomorrow last day to get in orders for Boston Butts. Please call or email if you have a question about getting in your orders.  Thanks to Suzanne Metcalf for volunteering to organize the Boston Butt fund raiser and to our parents for supporting it. The idea is to lower the cost of our overnight trips. Total cost for this year's overnight trips are about $550 per person.

Dauphin Island over the counter & prescription meds must be turned in to Nure Robin on or before October 18th, including the paper work sent home last week. You do not need to turn in meds or paperwork if they are already on file with our nurse.

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Reading - Hear and discuss expository nonfiction articles. Analyze text features.  Friday - Comprehension test ( each week students read a passage, answer 4 multiple choice questions and one written response with text evidence).

Spelling - students have a hard copy of this week's words: suffixes -er, -est, -ful, -ly. Test Friday.

English - Combining sentences - compound subjects and predicates, appositives

Writing - Students learn about a professional author’s writing practice.Students review their recent drafts, and each selects one to develop and publish. Students reread their writing critically and revise it. All work is kept in each student's Writing spiral notebook.

Social Studies - This week Plains states, capitals and postal abbreviation. Students have a hard copy of map. Test Friday.

Class notes and reminders:

Tuesday September 4 Progress Reports for 1st Nine weeks

Friday September 7 Picture Day

Friday September 7 Grandparent Breakfast 7:30am

Please call or email if you have a question or concern.

Thank you,

Don Masterson

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We have 16 students in our homeroom. Students are learning to respect daily routines like copying down their homework in a spiral notebook and turning in previous nights HW in the tray. Participation in daily class discussions is very important and has, already, built good classroom rapport.
I'd like to address any concerns or questions, from parents, early rather than later, so please call, email or set up a conference.

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Social Studies -  During the first semester students will earn a grade for locating each state and spelling its state name and capital city....these are two separate scores on tests that come home. These will, usually, be weekly tests on Friday. Students are given a map of the region they will be tested on a week before the test. They are required to color and label the map as homework on Monday night. I check this and return it to them to use as a study guide.

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Weekly Tests
Students will have a weekly vocabulary, spelling, english & reading comprehension test. ALSO, we are learning all states and capitals this semester. Students will be tested on regions of the country most Fridays. After Thanksgiving there will be a 50 states test.

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Language Arts (Reading, English, Spelling, Writing) - Each week all students complete a 5 question reading comprehension test including one short answer written response. This week students will hear and discuss expository texts, discuss text features. Introducing Think, Pair and Write. Explain and listen to each others thinking about our weekly stories, Conventions of English, vocabulary & spelling words and during writing class, too. In English we will study complex sentences. In writing students will learn about narrative texts and point of view. In Spelling we look at homophones.