February 3 - 7, 2014

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!

**Due to weather days last week, we will carry over lessons into this week.  Practice the same spelling words every night!  You will need to check your green Spelling page in your Apple Binder.  Dictation sentences this week will include the following:
1.  Write a sentence with an irregular plural noun (such as feet, teeth, mice, children).
2.  Write a sentence about your favorite holiday (such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Fourth of July).

Parents!  Please remember us as you are shopping.  We need notebook paper and pencils.  We prefer NO "Dixon" pencils as the lead breaks easily.  Thank you for helping our class!


   ~~~INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY~~~

 
Yearbook Sales--$24.00  BUY YOURS NOW!

 
**100th Day of School will be next Friday, February 7th!  Please bring some kind of  SMALL special snack for that day... 100 M&M's, 100 Cheez-Its, 100 Pretzels, 100 Mini Marshmallows, etc.

**BECAUSE OF THE 100th DAY OF SCHOOL, WE WILL HAVE READING, MATH, AND LANGUAGE TESTS ON THURSDAY AND ONLY THE SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY MORNING :)


*STUDENT OF THE WEEK: Orenthal

*READING/SPELLING   We are learning how to find the theme and plot of a story.

Story for this week is, "I Like Where I Am."  Reading Test will be on Thursday. 

Spelling:  Words with "oi" and "oy".  Spelling Test will be on Friday.   

**IMPORTANT SPELLING INFORMATION:  Your child had received a green paper with ALL spelling words and  directions for dictation practice for this quarter.  This sheet replaces the old Spelling list we kept in the folder pocket.  Please do NOT take this out of the Apple Binder :)
  
  
READ your AR book at home with an adult every night! Some students are not taking their AR books home at night even when reminded....

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING   Students are continuing to write expanded sentences and will begin studying how to use commas and capitalization in the heading and closing of a letter.   Test will be on Thursday. **Remember that your dictation sentences will include an irregular plural noun and your favorite holiday. 

 

**MATH   We are learning about counting money amounts up to $5.00 and telling time.  You certainly may begin practicing by counting money at home.  Take a handful of coins, put them in order from greatest to least, then "add on" to find the total amount.  Also practice telling time using an analog clock (with hands).  We will tell time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour first.

**SOCIAL SCIENCE
We are studying maps and globes, and will finish continents this week.