A Few Reminders...

Midterms go home today...please sign the bottom of your child's midterm report and return it to school by Friday, September 24th.

School pictures will be taken on Monday, September 20th.  Order forms can be picked up in the office if your child has misplaced the one that was sent home last week.

You can check your child's homework assignments...have them show you iCal on their laptop.  Assignments and important information are added daily to this program.

Don't forget...

Open House at NGMS will be from 6-7:30 on Thursday, September 16th.

Week 2 Spelling Words

Our focus for the week of September 13-17 will be words with the short and long e vowel sounds.

hockey
received
neither
believe
achievement
equality
referee
pleasant
illegal
nominee
electricity
frequent
entry
eagerly
pique
easel
abbreviate
tedious

The spelling test will be on Friday, September 17th...remember to study your words daily.

Websites

We read Weekly Reader magazine today in reading class...we were unable to finish reading all of it.  You can check out www.weeklyreader.com to read additional articles.

One interesting article we read was about the Titanic.  We wanted to learn more and our MacBooks helped us.  We learned what an eight course meal consisted of and what eight course meal was served on the Titanic.  We found an interesting website and had fun "exploring"the ship at www.tinyurl.com/explore-titanic

MacBooks!

Students that met the requirements (insurance, parent meeting, pledge) were able to take their MacBooks home.  Please remember...no drinks or food near the MacBook, charge the computer in a safe place, and bring the MacBook to school each day.

The next parent meeting will be September 16th at 5:00 P.M.  for parents that were unable to attend of the previous meetings about the MacBooks.  

Enjoy your MacBooks!!

Wow!

Wow!  We have had a great week!  We are all learning how to use our MacBooks and the kids are loving them!

Just a reminder...the MacBooks go home next week.  It is really important that your child have an luggage tag for their bag.  If your child doesn't have one, please try to get one as soon as possible.  Thanks!

No school on Monday...it is Labor Day.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Scholastic Book Orders

I will send home Scholastic Book Orders throughout the school year.  Scholastic has many great books for students to enjoy at a reasonable price.  I send home book orders but students are in no way obligated to purchase books.  I order books for our classroom library through Scholastic and offer my students a chance to purchase books from Scholastic if they choose.

Your child received a book order today in class.  If you would like to place an order, please complete the order form with your child's name on it and return it to school by September 10th.  You may pay with cash or check (please make checks out to Scholastic Books).  Thanks!