October 8th-12th

I hope you had a nice Fall Break.  Now we are pushing ahead into the second quarter of the schoolyear.  If you have not yet signed up for a Parent-Teacher Conference, please stop by and sign up on my door or see if I'm available when you stop by before or after school.  If you aren't available to speak in person around school hours, let me know when you would like to have a phone conference or email me with any questions, suggestions, etc.

By Monday, we will finish our second novel, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen.  Next week we will watch the movie of the same title as a special treat.  It is a PG movie based on the book that was released in 2006.  Students will be comparing and contrasting the book and the movie in a short essay.

Here are our Spelling Words for the week:

1. coarse
2. compress
3. common
4. contrary
5. defender
6. enormous
7. exhibit
8. expert
9. hoax
10. infuriate
11. irresistable
12. pact
13. pedestal
14. pursue
15. reliable
16. service
17. shrill
18. submarine
19. technical
20. venom

I hope to see all parents soon!
-Ms. Vasquez