1. Mrs. Tuten’s Newsletter LCDS Buddy Walk Bake Sale
Week of October 1, 2018
What we are studying……..
Reading~ A Musical Day
(Focus Skill: Sequence of events)
Language~ Punctuation Marks ( Question Marks and Periods);
Writing~ Response to Literature
Math~ Base Tens; 10 More/Less & 1 More/Less; Counting to 120; Expanded form
Social Studies~ Geography (Landforms & Oceans)
Word Study Words
Students will be tested next Friday and will have to write each word correctly. These are some examples of word patterns that will be used. The words on this list will not necessarily be the ones tested, but they will follow this spelling pattern.
WEEK 9~ short /e/ sound
Word families
-elt, -ent, -eg, -em, -ept
belt melt
felt smelt
beg peg
leg them
gem went
hem stem
bent dent
tent sent
*Visit for more phonics practice!
Sight Words
Students will be tested next Friday. Students will have to say each word instantly, without sounding them out. They will not have to write them
1. want
2. came
3. also
4. show
5. around
6. set
7. put
8. farm
9. small
10. three
Homework
Daily: Read, or have someone read to you for 10 – 15 minutes Monday: Math Sheet and Word Work sheet
Tuesday: Math Sheet and Word Work sheet Wednesday: Family Night (No Homework)
Thursday: Parent/Teacher Conferences
Ice Cream on
Tuesday
$1.00
Please send money only on Tuesdays & put it in the laminated envelope in the homework folder.
Specials
SD3 – Tuesday (See Calendar)
SD4 Wednesday (See Calendar)
SD5– Thursday (See Calendar)
Fall Break- Friday
SD1 - Wednesday (See Calendar) Oct. 10th
*Please wear gym shoes on the day your child has PE. Our specials time is 12:10-12:55
LCDS Buddy Walk Bake Sale
Our Low Country Down Syndrome Bake Sale will be Wed., Oct. 3rd(changed date from initial date)
(More information will go home on at a later date)
Book Fair
Our Class will visit the “Book Fair” on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd at 10:30.You can send $ or you may send $ Wed. or Thurs. to purchase books. All students will make a wish list Tuesday at the Book Fair. 4H
Any student wishing to show livestock at the “elementary age” can do so through 4H. Please
contact the 4H office or Amanda Kessler at ECMS.
Lunch Menu
Tues. ~ Cheeseburger & FF
Wed.~ Chicken Tenders
Thurs.~ Pepperoni Pizza
Fri.~ No School/Fall Break
Wed. ~ Hot Ham & Cheese Sand.(Oct. 10th)
We eat at 10:57. If you would like to join your child for lunch, please call the office or write me a note by 8:00 a.m.
Important Dates
Oct. 1 Our Class visits the Book 1:00
Oct. 3 LCDS Bake Sale (Send $)
Oct Parent Teacher Conferences & Half Day for Students/Late Library
Oct Fall Break
Oct st 9 wks Report Cards
Oct Honey Ridge Farm Festival
Notes from the Teacher…
Please send lunch money and all other monies in the envelope in your child’s money pouch inside the homework notebook. You may also sign up online at to pay for your child’s school meals.
Please send all notes, signed forms, etc. in this notebook. We do not check book bags for notes or money.
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