Word Sorts begin today!  They should be practiced nightly, along with your child's home reading.Details are available in the Words Their Way note that is coming home tonight!

Important reminders:
- Oct. 14 - Popcorn and Pretzel sale $1 each.
- Oct. 14 - Words Their Way assessment.
- Oct. 14 - Return home reading.
- Oct. 21 - Grade 4 Fruit & Cookie Dough Fundraiser orders are due.
- Oct. 26 - Parent/Teacher Meetings in the evening.  Details to follow.
- Oct. 31 - This year our SWAT Team will be doing a SockDrive for all of October! Socks are the #1 need in shelters for the homeless. Our school will be collecting new socks to donate to Y.E.S.S. (Youth Empowerment Support Services). You can drop sock donations off in the office. Our last day to collect socks is October 31st. If you would like to see what other items are in need please visit http://yess.org/donate/in-kind-donation/ and check what other "in kind" donations there are.

In science today, students learned the term dissolving when we made Jello! Some solids dissolve when mixed with water(Jello) and some solids do not (coffee grounds).