January 8 - 11, 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  

We hope that you have had a wonderful time with family and friends during the Christmas and New Year's holiday!  Now it's time to get back to work...
We are READY TO GO!

***Important information regarding Spelling dictation sentences beginning this week:  Students will continue to write five dictation sentences along with 15 spelling words.  These sentences will now count five points each.  In other words, one mistake in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation will result in -5 points per sentence.  Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions!

NEWS FOR PARENTS:

***Parents, we need the following supplies for second semester.  Please remember us as you go to the store.  We are left with one week's supply.  Thank you so much for your support!

Paper Towels*****Kleenex/Tissues*****Hand Sanitizer


INFORMATION FOR JANUARY:

DIBELS ---------- January 14th
PTO Meeting ---- January 15th (Purple Pods Performing)
Class Pictures --- January 17th
Holiday----------January 21st

Student of the Week:  Luke

LESSONS FOR THIS WEEK: 

Math: We will review adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers, with and without regrouping on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Beginning on Thursday, we will recognize and draw shapes including triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.  Sizes will be compared directly or visually, not by measuring.

Reading:  Story for this week is "A Weed is a Flower."  Read this story at home with an adult every night.  Test this week will be on THURSDAY.  Read AR book at home every night.

Spelling: Students will practice new words every night!  Spelling test will be on Friday.  ***See note above about changes in grading dictation sentences.

Grammar: We will continue to learn about verbs, focusing on am, is, are, was, and were.

Social Science:  We will study plant growth and learn about contributions made by George Washington Carver.