It's hard to believe that the end of the first nine weeks is here! We will be taking our quarterly assessments this week: one in reading and one in math.  This year, we get to take them on the computer...something new and exciting for us.  We have been reviewing and should be ready to show what we know!
With fall in full swing, we will be doing some project-based learning about bats!  Be sure to check our  Wiki for links and photos.
We did not have a spelling contract or list this week because of our Thursday/Friday break.  We will start our new list for the week on Wednesday, and the contract will be due next Tuesday.
The board meeting this month is this coming Monday, October 22.  We will be having several students sharing their Leadership Notebooks and talking about the Seven Habits.  Feel free to stop by tomorrow, Monday the 22nd, at 5:30 in Worthington's cafeteria.
Thanks for being a partner in your child's education!

We had a lot of fun this week!  We practiced following directions while making a spider out of pretzel sticks and Oreos...and reviewed main idea while answering questions and completing a type 2 writing.  We also tackled our first writing project...by using lots of adjectives in our Haunted House for Sale project! They are currently decorating the hallway.   In a few short days we will be finishing up the first nine weeks of school and taking our quarterly assessments.  Time sure does fly...
This is a short week...no school for the kiddos on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19.  I'll still ask them to complete a reading log, but we will not have a new spelling contract this week. 
Hopefully, the Pumpkin Character project is taking shape at home.  We will be starting our writing portion this week and finish it up by the end of the month. 

My favorite month is here!  This month we get to explore creative writing, and we complete two of our favorite projects!  Your child should have shown you the Character Pumpkin Project...these have been so much fun in the past and the kids really learn a lot about writing while having fun.  The actual Pumpkin Character is due at the end of the month...the kiddos will work on these at home. We will complete the writing portion here at school.  As long as your child is reading his/her book that we selected for the project, please record the reading log for their reading in the packet that we keep in the baggie.  If your child finishes the book, then they can go back to writing reading responses in the usual reading log.
I got this great idea from The Clutterfree Classroom.
We also will be creating a project called Haunted House for Sale!  We focus on descriptive words, grabbers, and persuasive writing...should be "boo-tiful month for writing! ;)

On our classroom Wiki, I create a Question of the Week.  I've asked your child to respond to that question sometime during the week.  I usually pertains to the skill we are working on.  Feel free to check it out!  You can access the Wiki from the school's website.  Just go to libraries, then Worthington, then Worthington Wikis, then classroom Wikis, then Mrs. Hornyak!
As always, thanks for being a partner in your child's education!