Dear Parents and Guardians,

Please forgive my late newsletter. The publisher, a.k.a. Ms. Jack, was late to press this week. Sorry for the late edition, but here's what the staff, (I mean students), have been doing. :)

Ray School will have its annual International Night on November 20th at 6:00 .m. This is a wonderful time to celebrate Ray's diversity with great food and conversation. Hope to see you there.

On Wednesday, November 16th, (12:00p.m. and 6:00 p.m),  we will have Report Card Pick-Up. Please make sure you have signed the sign in sheet on the bulletin board by the main entrance door. I look forward to seeing all of you to share your child's progress at this time.

This week we will be working on the following:

LANGUAGE ARTS:

We will be reading<em><strong> Rugby and Rosie </strong></em>in OpenCourt. Due to the holiday last week and next week we can't always stay on course, therefore some of the assignments/lessons and activities you will see in last week's newsletter might overlap.

We will continue our mystery unit. We are learning how to think like a detective.  Included in this unit, the students  will be divided into small, guided reading groups or (Detective Clubs). These groups will read multiple copies of chapter book mysteries. The clubs will meet with each other and me at different times to discuss elements specific to solving mysteries, and also elements found in reading and aids comprehension, i.e. character development, plot structure, story mapping, setting, etc.

Some of the children have brought the book <em>The Hundred Dresses</em> home to read. I didn't have enough copies for everyone, so we are rotating the books. Please read this book with your child or let them read it to you. The book does have challenging vocabulary, however since we saw the play, I thought it would be interesting to see how many children could find similiarities and differences between the play and the book.

MATH:

We will continue with Unit Three. This week we will explore measurement using the U.S. standard of measurement as well as the metric system.

HOMEWORK:  Home Link 3.3, Math Box 3.3, Home Link 3.4, Home Link 3.5, Home Link 3.6. Math Boxes as assigned.

SCIENCE:

We will find out what happens to water when it becomes hot or cold using home made thermometers.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:

We will review directions, both cardinal and intermediate.

<strong><em>HAVE   A    GREAT     WEEK    AND   SEE YOU ON   WEDNESDAY, </em></strong>

<strong><em>NOVEMBER 16TH !</em></strong>