Good Afternoon,

Thank you to everyone who has signed up for conferences.  If you haven't had a chance to yet, the registration closes on Monday.  The instructions in below in the "Worth Repeating" section.

Early Dismissal and Picture Retake Day are Tuesday, October 16th.

Twisters PTO Eat N Earn Night is also Tuesday, October 16th.

Cedar Hills will be participating in a United Way campaign during the week of Oct. 15-19.  We have a special theme planned for the week as we join together to support this worthwhile cause.  We are asking that if students participate, they make a donation, but the donation is just a suggestion, not a requirement.

Monday: Warm Up Day: Batter Up for United Way this Week

Tuesday: Go for a single: donate spare nickels

Wednesday: Drive in a Double: donate spare dimes

Thursday: Go for a Triple: donate spare quarters

Friday: Home Run: Gear up; wear your baseball attire and donate a dollar

Blue Valley Special Olympics Bowl-a-Thon is coming up.  As you know, BVSD supports the BV Special Olympics and many of the athletes are students in our schools.

• 24^th Annual Bowl-a-Thon and Silent Auction
• Benefiting the Blue Valley Blue Streaks Special Olympics Team
• Saturday, November 3^rd at AMF College Lanes at 3:30-5:30
• Bowl, win prizes and bid on great deals in the silent auction. Proceeds help buy team uniforms, equipment, and awards.  Open to the entire community with a minimum of $25 in pledges per bowler.

If parents and children are interested in joining Emma's team, they can contact her mom, Enid, for additional information on registration and fundraising. (816-694-9078 or  [email protected] ) 

Have a wonderful weekend!

The Student will learn to:

ELA (English Language Arts): Unit 1: Life Stories

• analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
• determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level content.
• recognize and define common Greek and Latin affixes and roots (units of meaning).
• read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, and expression.

Writing: Mysteries

• use suspense in writing a mystery.
• choose an idea about which to write with an occasional use of a teacher prompt.
• develop one clear main idea that is supported with relevant details.
• use pre-writing strategies independently to organize ideas on a topic or prompt and complete a draft.

Math:  Geometric Investigations

Science:  Weather and the Water Cycle

• understand the process of the water cycle.
• identify appropriate weather tools.
• describe daily changes in temperature.

This Week's Homework is due on Thursday, October 11th.

Math: 

• Weekly Math Skills Practice #8
• Practice Math Facts 5 minutes per night

Reading:

• The Smuggler
• Read 20 minutes per night

Spelling: 

• Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling List

Study Island: 

• Math - Central Tendency
• Science - Weather

Monday - Day 4: Spanish/Music

Tuesday - Day 5: PE/Spanish

Wednesday -Day 1: PE/Music

Thursday - Day 2: Computers

Friday - Day 3: Art 

I will send Scholastic Book Club flyers home each month.  If you would like to order books, you can do so one of the following two ways: 

1. send the order form back in with a check
2. click the link below to order online with our class code - FZPKM 

I will close out each order at the end of each month and the books should arrive about a week later.  Thank you!