Thanksgiving in Washington D.C.!

Boys and girls,

I hope you're having a wonderful Thanksgiving break! As promised, here are some photos of the different places I visited during my visit to Washington D.C. Can you name any of these places or memorials? Bring your ideas to school on Monday.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

Miss Mulvahill

Punctuation Joke... Do you get it?

Let's eat Grandpa.

Let's eat, Grandpa.

Correct punctuation can save a life!

Our Work in ACTION!!

The lessons that we learn in our classroom can be applied and shared outside of our classroom as well! The letters that our 4th graders wrote last week are a great example!

Students wrote thank you letters to service men and women in our military!

Look at all those great letters!! Ms. Brandon and I couldn't wait to deliver them to the Veterans' Hospital!

Keeping the letters safe on the way to the hospital. Always buckle up!

WHOO-HOO! The letters have made it! The soldiers that receive your letters are going to be so happy to know that you appreciate all they have done to fight for freedom!

(See, you can put all your great skills from the classroom into ACTION in the outside world!)

Reading Teams!!

Here are some photos of students hard at work. They were learning about influential people in the past such as Thomas Edison and Rosa Parks. This week we will be starting Sarah, Plain and Tall!

A Note from Miss Mulvahill

Dear Parents,

Our newsletter is coming home a day early this week because we are also sending home progress reports. These reports specifically look at student study skills and behavior at school. No marking means that the student is currently doing at great job. An "I" means that your student is improving on this task and an "N" means that your student needs to continue to make improvements. Also, we have attached some reports from our online grade book and IXL! These will help show the academic areas for continued growth and the areas where students are succeeding.

Along with these progress reports students are bringing home their portfolios! Please take some time to look over your student's work with him or her. They have been doing a great job developing their reading, writing, and math skills and they are ready to show it off! Any work that is not three hole punched into their portfolio can stay at home.

Please take some time to look over their portfolio and sign their progress report. Both of these should be returned to school on Friday, November 11th.

Other important notes:

· We are in a poetry unit. Students are learning more about figurative language (tools poets and writers use) and the different kinds of poetry. Next Friday (11/18), students will present their poems to the class during our 'poetry slam'.

· Students should be practicing their math facts at home every night. Many students have "mastered" their multiplication facts on IXL. This does not mean that they do not need to practice any more. They should continue to practice at home until they are automatic (less than a 3 second recall).

· Have you seen your student working on IXL? Students should be well on their way using this great online tool! We will be sending home progress reports next week reflecting their work. You can check how they are doing any time by signing into their individual account. Please have students practice every night!

· Don't forget Bookmatch Blast! Students must read 20 books by the end of the semester. The more time students spend reading, the more they will learn and the better readers they will become!


Have a great night!

Miss Mulvahill

Spelling List! 11/7-11/11

1. speak
2. reason
3. beat
4. least
5. steal
6. treat
7. season
8. money
9. valley
10. honey
11. monkey
12. hockey
13. alley
14. donkey
15. them
16. went
17. fence
18. credit
19. engine
20. contest

Challenge Words
1.escaped
2.celery
3.squeaked
4.bleachers
5.jersey

Week in Review by Xaitia

dear miss.mulvahill,

last week we wrote to are favorite aurther! what we know about a letter is that we need a date,greeting,body,closing,and,a singnature.we aiso did a math test.we went to mrs.brandons room to here about spooky stories.It was really fun!We read a book called'' Johny Appleseed'' and he really came!He told us about his life and what he did in it.In math we are learning about trades first.We are also doing IXL!I did over 365 questions in just 2 hours!In social studies we are learning about the northeast!In reading we rae reading about ''Addies In Charge''and something bad happens to addie and her brother!so today we are haveing a harvest party and it is on wacky hair day too!It is going to be fun! Now this week we have done a lot this week!So I am going to tell you!This week on Tuesday,Thursday,and Friday... we had choir!It was so fun becacuse we got to sing so many songs!I always ride with Jessica it is pretty fun!In socail studies we have 2 tests .One is open book the other is not!well I hope we all got it write!In reading we are reading 2 books one is'' A C

From,
Xaitia