<p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff6600">Dear Parents/Guardians,</span></p>

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<span style="color: #ff6600">Thank you to all the parents who were able to make it to Report Card Pick-up!  It was a great success!  With the new parent portal system, you will be able to see the grades as they come up!  Please remember to contact the school if you have not received your password and user name!</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Important Days to Remember!</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Wednesday, November 25<sup>th</sup> - Sunday, November 29<sup>th</sup>:  THANKSGIVING BREAK:  No School</span>

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<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff6600">Instruction for the Week</span></p>

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<span style="color: #ff6600">Literacy:</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">On this 3 day school week, we will focus on learning to summarizing and retelling our current book.  Students will learn the strategy of using post-it notes to write down important events and use these notes to help guide their ideas when writing a summary paragraph. </span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">They will also work on learning vowel patterns in word work. </span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">In Writer’s Workshop, students will continue to work on the writing process and focus on writing a book review on a fiction book.  This will help students give details about a story without giving away an ending.  Some may bring their work home to continue to work on it</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Mathematics:</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">All students received a Math Review sheet to help them on the Unit 3 test.  I also conducted a review session on Friday and covered the material that would be on the test.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have math games and review ISAT prep questions. </span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Science:</span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Students will continue to explore hot and cold water through investigations.  They will also be introduced to the Scientific Method.  This will only be a brief introduction to prepare them for the Science Fair that is coming up in the future. </span>

<span style="color: #ff6600">Please feel free to email me any time you have questions or concerns. 
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!!</span>