From the desk of Mrs.Orton

Oct. 25, 2011

Thought: What’s a skeleton’s favorite musical instrument ?

               A trom-bone !

Hopefully you had a nice Harvest Holiday with your familyJ

Good-bye to Kaniesha-we will miss you!

Welcome Autumn to our class.

Dates to Remember:

Oct.26^th- Early Out- No After-School Math

Oct.28^th- 5^th Grade Times Table Celebration and Evening Fall Carnival

Oct. 31^st- Class Halloween Party 1:45 School Sing 2:45

HALLOWEEN PARTY: If you are interested I would love a volunteer to teach a Halloween game (Bingo, musical chairs, etc.) to us or …

make a simple craft. ( Art Project, paper craft, etc.)

I would be happy to supply materials if needed. Plan on about 20-30 min. Please contact me this week.

I separated the volunteers by holidays for snacks: THANKS-I hope this is okay.

Plan on enough for 33 students

Halloween- Danette-  any fruit   Candace-  any vegetable

Christmas- Verleen and Julie

Valentines- Sheredith and Kim

Easter- Leslie and Mrs.O

End of Year- All Moms

Core Update:

Math- Chp.6 Variables and Expressions

          Study your TIMES TABLES last written test on WEDNESDAY

Science- Heredity- “ Hand it to my parents and Meet the Family”

Spelling- Root Words and words that are related

Writing- Halloween Stories

Reading- Keep Reading your Mystery for your Book Report- Daily Five Training

Read-Aloud- Chris Van Allsburg

Don’t forget to remind your student to bring a jacket.

If you have any questions or concerns feel free to email me at valerie.orton@ironmail.org Phone at 586-2840 or send a note with your student.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! HAVE A GREAT WEEK!