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Parents,

Now that our email problems are fixed, I sent a class email out today.  If you did not receive an email from me to the address you provided at the beginning of the year I need you to email me at Beth.Culp@mps.k12.al.us so I can get your email added.  I did have a few emails returned, so if you will email me I should be able to get you added.  If you received the email, please respond to it.  I want to make sure we have our email straight this week.  Thanks for your help!

Your child received the Discount Cards that we are selling last week.  Please remember to return the money in the envelope that was provided once they are sold.  Any cards that aren't sold need to be returned in the envelope as well.  If you need additional cards you may request that on the envelope.

I am going to send a Scholastic Book order home this week that will be due this Friday.  Remember this is completely optional.  If you order from more than one catalog you can still just write one check.  It all goes to the same place.  I will send home directions on how to order online if you prefer to do that.  Make sure you use our class code when you are ordering online.  If you prefer to send in your order you can just fill out the order form on the back of the catalog.  Scholastic only takes checks, please don't send in cash.

On Friday your child brought home the results of the STAR test that we took in order to establish our reading levels.  Your child will only be allowed to check out books from the library that are in that reading range.  On the report it will say ZPD.  Please remind your child to bring their library books back to school every day.  We have been very eager to start AR testing.  It is extremely important for the kids to make a 90 or above on their test. 

We are going to be making dirt babies in Science this Tuesday.  If you would like to help us just send me an email.  We are going to be doing it that afternoon around 1:45.  A great big thank-you to Josh's mom for providing us with our dirt for the project!

Your child is going to receive an assignment for a page they are responsible for in a Community Project book we are going to make for Social Studies.  Remember the book that I showed you at the cluster conferences and let your child have fun with this assignment.

Look for a map to come home this week with the seven continents and four bodies of water.  We've been working hard on these in class.  Please make sure your child knows where the continents and bodies of water go on the map.  They do not have to know how to spell them, just where they are located.  We will test on them NEXT week, Tuesday, Sept. 24th.

Story this week: A Walk in the Desert
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Phonics: Inflected Endings
Comp. Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comp. Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Statements and Questions

Math: Chapter 2, Numbers to 1,000

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!