<h2> <span style="color: #339966"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens1912494module11945373photo_1253203281tricktreaters.gif&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.squidoo.com/giftcoupons&amp;usg=__3VHNPAdEvV9U7z-vxDi0gqOyPjo=&amp;h=134&amp;w=191&amp;sz=8&amp;hl=en&amp;start=533&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=D3wEJwgoUsZQtM:&amp;tbnh=72&amp;tbnw=103&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkids%2Btrick%2Bor%2Btreating%2Bclipart%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D520%26um%3D1"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:D3wEJwgoUsZQtM:http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens1912494module11945373photo_1253203281tricktreaters.gif" alt="" width="103" height="72" /></a><span style="color: #ff6600">W</span></span><span style="color: #ff6600">eek of October 26, 2009</span></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #339966">Dear Parents,</span></h2>
<span style="color: #339966"><strong>We have only a few parents who have not met their obligation to take care of school fees.  Mrs. Butler will be sending out letters this week since the due date has past.  Please make arrangements to take care of this soon.  The students have done an outstanding  job on their Hispanic Heritage projects and have presented them in Spanish class.  I am very proud of their efforts</strong>. </span>

<span style="color: #3366ff"><strong><em>Language Arts:</em></strong><span style="color: #000000">      After completing the test  on Monday from last week's Open Court anthology we will do something a bit different.  This week we are reading a play from the Newberry Honor award winning book <em><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Dark Is Rising</span></em> by Susan Cooper</span></span>.   The play is an adaptation from the movie and has exciting plot twists.  We will explore story elements such as plot, character and setting and see how it applies to another genre - and possibly do a Reader's Theater presentation. 

Students will have three options in responding to the text this week.  One:  to either write a letter to the main character giving him advice about how to respond to another character.  Two:   they may write an alternate ending to the play, or as a third option:  they may make a movie poster based upon what they read, but that reflects a main conflict in the play.  There will be a comprehension test on the play as well as a spelling test on Friday.

<span style="color: #ff00ff"><strong><em>Math:</em></strong>     <span style="color: #000000">We have just about completed Unit 2 and will be reviewing all concepts on Monday and students will complete a study guide in preparation for the Unit 2 assessment which will be on Wednesday.  Their first multiplication timed test will be on Thursday.</span></span>

<span style="color: #ff00ff"><span style="color: #993366"><strong><em>Science:</em></strong>      <span style="color: #000000">We will examine our muscular system  more in detail in class this week.  Students will make a model of the leg and the thumb to examine how muscles contract or shorten on command depending upon the power needed to complete everyday tasks.</span></span></span>

<span style="color: #ff00ff"><span style="color: #993366"><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><em>Social Studies:</em></strong>     <span style="color: #000000">Students will begin to conduct a web hunt outlined in their basic map skills packet.  This is a project in conjunction with Mrs. Zivko's  Technology class.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color: #ff00ff"><span style="color: #993366"><span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="color: #00ccff"><em><strong>Art:</strong></em>    <span style="color: #000000">Our focus will be on doing gesture drawings to show a general shape of a person. Live models in various poses will be used to make a series of five drawings.  Student will then form small action figures from foil.                      <span style="color: #993300"><strong>NOTE:  <span style="text-decoration: underline">I would really appreciate any donations of aluminum foil for this activity.</span> </strong></span> (Last year when I did this lesson I got the foil from the student lunchroom and was told not to do that this year.)  Art class is on Friday afternoons.</span></span></span></span></span>

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