STATES TEST ON THURSDAY 10/13

As many of you know I missed most of last week because we recently had our first child, Brodie Adrian Strathman. Lauren and I have been enjoying every second with him and are thrilled to be parents! Everyone told us how much we would love our child, but it didn't truly set in until I held him for the first time.

Anways, back to our week's agenda. The big item I really want to stress for this week is the East states test on Thursday. The students must know where each state is located on a map and be able to correctly spell the state name. I have expressed many times to the class how the East is a tricky region because many states are very tiny.

Other items of interest:

• Spelling- List 8 Test on Thursday
• Reading- Started a new unit on Dollars & Sense; Starting a Business is the story for the week
• Math- Topic 6; Variables, Input/Output tables
• Language Arts- Continue on Personal Narrative
• Science- Continue with Nutrition
• Social Studies- Chapter 3- The East

Finally I want to remind you that the students will not have school this Friday, October 14th. Thanks for keeping up with my class.

Mr. Strathman