January 26 - 30, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!

Class "Group" pictures will be TUESDAY!  Come dressed appropriately.

TUESDAY is the 100th Day of School! 

Next GOTCHA Party will be the Music Man on January 29th

**PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13

THANK YOU to all parents who have helped our class by sending paper towels, wet wipes, facial tissues, and hand sanitizer!  Please continue to send items as we received one of each so far :)


 You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will be working towards completing 2 or 3 FASTT MATH lessons this week.

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 


**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "Frogs."  We will read our story then learn how to compare and contrast.  Spelling words include diphthongs "ou and ow."

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ (See Spelling page in Apple Binder).

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying reflexive pronouns such as himself, herself, and ourselves.  Test is on Friday. 

 

 I am very proud of your handwriting!  Teachers and parents who have seen your work on the wall outside our classroom have complimented your hard work!  :)

 

**MATH   This quarter, students will learn about counting money, telling time, and geometric shapes.  **Please go ahead and start counting a handful of change on the table at home.  We will start counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will begin the study of amphibians this week!  We will then learn about reptiles and fish.

NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

**PTO ~~ Tuesday, January 13th ~~ Green Pods perform


**NO SCHOOL~~Friday, January 16th~~Teacher Inservice Day

** NO SCHOOL ~~Monday, January 19th~~Lee/Dr. M. L. King Holiday

**PTO Coke Fundraiser ~~ February 2 - 13


 You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will complete STAR Reading and STAR Math tests this week.

**We will use the new program, FASTT MATH, several times each week.  (You received a pink letter last Thursday.  Your child's 10-digit number was to be written at the bottom and used for a username and password.)

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK: 



**READING/SPELLING:   Our story for this week is "The Quilt Story."  We will focus on realistic fiction.  Spelling words include "consonant + le." 

*DICTATION SENTENCES ~~ Write a declarative sentence and an imperative sentence.

**Due to the holiday on Friday, Reading and Spelling Tests will be on THURSDAY!

 

**Students must write Spelling words and read AR books at home every single night!

 

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are studying singular possessive nouns.  

**Due to the holiday on Friday, Language test will be on THURSDAY! 

 

 I am very proud of your handwriting!  Teachers and parents who have seen your work on the wall outside our classroom have complimented your hard work!  :)

 

**MATH 

We will begin our third quarter of school learning how to add and subtract two 3-digit numbers!  Students will learn about geometric shapes, counting money, and telling time.  **Please go ahead and start counting a handful of change on the table at home.  We will start counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will begin the study of our State of Alabama.  We will learn about our state flag, bird, flower, motto, and locate Montgomery, the capital. 

January 5 - 9, 2015

NEWS FOR PARENTS!  

 
**NO SCHOOL~~Friday, January 16th~~Teacher Inservice Day

** NO SCHOOL ~~Monday, January 19th~~Lee/Dr. M. L. King Holiday

 
You have been given a one page list of "High Frequency Words" or "Fry" words to practice for the 3rd quarter.  Your child knows to keep this in his/her Apple Binder.  We are looking for words to be read correctly and fluently~~these are NOT timed.

**Your child will complete the third quarter Reading and Math Pretests on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. 

**STUDENT OF THE WEEK:  Kassie



**READING/SPELLING:   This week we will not have a regular story and spelling words.  We will start next week with our new story and words. 

 

**Students must read AR books at home every single night!

 

 

**LANGUAGE/HANDWRITING:  This week we are reviewing proper nouns.  There will be no language test on Friday.

 

 I am very proud of your handwriting!  Teachers and parents who have seen your work on the wall outside our classroom have complimented your hard work!  :)

 

**MATH 

We will begin our third quarter of school learning how to add and subtract two 3-digit numbers!  Students will learn about geometric shapes, counting money, and telling time.  **Please go ahead and start counting a handful of change on the table at home.  We will start counting quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.  Also, we are using an analog clock (one with hands) to tell time.  Please also begin practicing telling time to the nearest half hour and quarter hour.

 


**SOCIAL SCIENCE
Students will begin the study of our State of Alabama.  We will learn about our state flag, bird, flower, motto, and locate Montgomery, the capital.