<h2><span style="color: #0000ff">Dear Parents,</span></h2>
<span style="color: #0000ff">This week we will be doing the Chicago Benchmark Assessments.  Tuesday students will do a Reading Assessment and on Wednesday they will do the Mathematics Assessment.  These assessments are designed to better align our curriculum with the Illinois state standards, and as a tool to guide our instruction in the classroom.    I'd appreciate if your child has volunteered to bring raisins for our math activity, that they bring them either Tuesday or Wednesday.  Although many have done so, please submit field trip forms and money by next week.  I am still in need of at least two parent chaperones to accompany us, please let me know as soon as possible.</span>

<span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000">Reading: </span> </span> <span style="color: #000000">We are reading a biography about the first Native American doctor in the United States.  <em>The Story of Susan La Flesche Picotte</em> combines fast-paced action with historical facts set in the 1800's.  Our test will not be until Monday due to the assessments and no school on Friday.  We  will also discuss the research process in order to prepare for a report that ties the medicine theme to what we've covered in our study of the human body in science. </span>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #800080">Math:  <span style="color: #000000">Lessons this week involve collecting data, graphing it and then describing our results.  We will examine the following "landmarks" in the data:  maximum, minimum, range, median, mode.  Multiplication facts are to be studied nightly.  </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #339966">Science:  <span style="color: #000000">Students will examine how muscles, tendons and ligaments power the movement of the human body.  The bone quiz has been moved to Wednesday.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #ff6600">Social Studies:  <span style="color: #000000">We will continue our map skills with our current focus on the United States.  Also, we will discuss current events using issues of Time Magazine for Kids.  </span></span></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: #ff6600"> </span><span style="color: #000000">Dates to remember:</span></h2>
<strong>PTA Meeting </strong><strong>6:30 pm</strong><strong>                                       Oct. 19                                     </strong>

<strong>Staff Development – No School                   Oct. 23</strong>

<strong>Literacy Parade                                                        Oct. 30</strong>

<strong>Spelling:  the /sh/ sound</strong>
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<td valign="top"><strong>shawl</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>attention</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>shelter</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>education</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>information</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>shatter</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>addition</strong></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>publish</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>ambitious</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>shoulder</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>social</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>special</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>delicious</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>offical</strong></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>ancient</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>physician</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>vicious</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>instruction</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>directions</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>accomplish</strong></td>
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<td colspan="11" valign="top"><strong>Vocabulary:</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2" width="127" valign="top"><strong>reservation</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" width="84" valign="top"><strong>physician</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" width="88" valign="top"><strong>ominous</strong></td>
<td colspan="2" valign="top"><span style="color: #000000"><strong>maneuvered</strong></span></td>
<td colspan="3" width="171" valign="top"><strong>desolately</strong></td>
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<strong>Definitions for this week's words:</strong>

<strong>1) reservation:  government land set aside for Native Americans to live on .</strong>

<strong>2)  physician: doctor</strong>

<strong>3)  </strong><strong>ominous:  threatening</strong>

<span style="color: #000000"><strong>4)  maneuvered:  skillfully moved around</strong></span>

<strong>5)  desolately:  dismally or without hope</strong>

<strong>HOMEWORK:</strong>
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<td width="72" valign="top"><strong>L/Arts</strong></td>
<td width="108" valign="top"><strong>Read for 30 minutes.</strong><strong>Complete Spelling Story.  </strong></td>
<td width="120" valign="top"><strong>Read for 30 minutes.</strong><strong>Poetry</strong></td>
<td width="120" valign="top"><strong>Read for 30 minutes.</strong><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="84" valign="top"><strong>Read for 30 minutes.</strong><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="96" valign="top"><strong>Read for 30 minutes.</strong><strong> </strong></td>
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<td width="72" valign="top"><strong>Math</strong></td>
<td width="108" valign="top"><strong>Practice multiplication facts</strong></td>
<td width="120" valign="top"><strong>Study Link</strong><strong>Practice multiplication facts</strong><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="120" valign="top"><strong>Study Link</strong><strong>Practice multiplication facts</strong></td>
<td width="84" valign="top"><strong>Study Link</strong></td>
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<td width="72" valign="top"><strong>Science</strong></td>
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<td width="120" valign="top"><strong>Study for Bones Test</strong></td>
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<td width="72" valign="top"><strong>Social Studies</strong></td>
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<td width="84" valign="top"><strong>Complete your map</strong></td>
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